Policy of youth
13 September 2012
It’s not just older workers who are being discriminated against. AT reports on the challenges facing young professionals in breaking down preconceptions.
There are only five years in your entire working life (age 35 to 40) when you are unlikely to be judged as too young or too old for a job, according to a report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Furthermore, research by law firm Eversheds found that almost 60 per cent of the 16-24 year olds they surveyed had felt unfairly treated because...