Research has shown that age discrimination is widespread in the UK after a study by the Chartered Management Institute of Personnel and Development surveyed 2682 managers and personnel professionals.
Six in ten respondents, 59%, reported that they had been personally disadvantaged at work because of their age. Nearly a quarter of those surveyed, 22%, admitted their age has had an impact on their own recruitment decisions.
The research also revealed that almost half of those surveyed had suffered age discrimination through their jobs.
Our view
Not so at . Provided a prospective employee has the skills, young or old, they may get the job.
For many, it is age and experience that may prove attractive as we believe clients may trust people with more "life experience".