Age and gender discrimination when you apply for job

Hello,magica,i cannot access to that discussion.In australia,i think it is rather fair as both men and women will have equal chances to a job.Age may not be a problem as the employers will consider the candidate in different criteria like experience and personality, I think a young sexy woman will not get any advantage while an experienced 30 years old women may be welcomed by many employers.

Well I can say that in my place Gender issue is quite ok since opportunities sometimes for women are almost equally the same as males do. As to looks of course employers would choose the good looking or pleasant people. I guess it will depend on the person personality. If you do have good personality then I think good looks is not needed anymore. If I am an employer I would put emphasis on experience and qualification. I would not look into gender since I believe that both sexes can perform same quality of work if they both have the same qualifications I need.

I am sure it happens to some people even though not alot of employeers would admit to that at all.

if i am to employ someone for a job working in a warehouse i would be looking for a male,well built,healthy physically and mentally. i will not employ someone who is in a wheelchair or a female.every employer is looking for a specific person that would fit the job.it is not descrimination, it is the job hunters who are descriminatng themselves, and if i found out that this is the way they think about the issues of descrimination, i would not employ them because i would be having problems with them if they were employed.psychologically, they are depressed and i do not want negative traits on my team. every company wants to have a wining team who has an open mind.every company has a full right to employ whom they want , it is their hard earned money that is going to be put in the line.every employee emplyed is treated as an investment.so, companies have to be very careful.job hunting is not easy, who says it is? one has to investigate and get all the info of your employer to be.

I think in all countries this is a problem. It is not so much a problem as it used to be in the united states, but it is a problem. Women often get paid less than men here and have to do twice the work to prove themselves. In your scenario that you have presented, I think if the manager is a good manager, he will go for the girl who is not so good looking, but has the experience or the education to do the job correctly rather than the pretty sexy girl who doesn't know much about the job. I guess it all depends on the manager and what they are looking for in an employee.

I'd like to think I'd go with the one most qualified. I really think I would go with the experience, skills and quality.

Well, in my country, Singapore, age is the main problem, irrespect of experience or qualification. Once you submit your application with full details of experiences and education qualifications, the bounced back question is your age. Once revealed your age the chances of gaining the employment is very dim,either male or female. Although our government has encouraged the employers to consider the adoption of age concern, but the majority failed to execise this.

Here in our country, discrimantion in age is rampany. once you reached the age of 36 and up, employment opportunity is limited. too bad....

Its very unfortunate there is age discrimination in the job field. I know there are many jobs that I can do better at than some of the people that actually work those jobs, but since I am so young (16) not alot of employers would even consider me. There are alot of jobs that id be great at, especially secretarual because I am a very fast typer and can answer phones, but no big businesses will even consider me because of my age. Its sad, because there are not alot of good jobs out there that teenagers can qualify for that arent already taken by adults.

women and gender discrimination always a controversial topic because every country has the same problem tho the portion is different. If I were an employer then I'm definitely looking for skills. And if the job qualifications needs only male qualification then it doesn't mean i'm being discriminative towards women. I prefer men to do hard labor not because women can't do hard labor but mostly because men can't do the job faster because most men are stronger than women. And once again it's not discrimination and I emphasis on MOST because I know some women are stronger than men :D Age also not a problem but if you have to choose between a not-so-good looking women in 50's and one young sexy girl then I have to choose not by judging on their looks but I have to test them whether they're qualified and able to do the work I'm offering them