The biggest bias I come across in recruitment is that of ageism. For a lot of companies, candidates over 50 (speaking as a young 54-year-old) are dismissed on their date of birth alone. A myriad of reasons given too: Lack of energy.Not up to date on the latest IT systems.Winding down their career.Best days behind them. I could add to these, but I’ll stay polite. It is a very effective and lazy way to make an arbitrary decision to filter candidates. And I think a trick is being missed here. First, the four reasons highlighted above are just not true.…

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