What is a grey ceiling?

Unfortunately age has become a barrier for some folks trying to find a job in this economy. This really isn’t unique because age discrimination like other forms of job discriminations has been around for quite a while. Why? Because folks who are older are perceived as missing more days due to illness than younger people and there are other reasons such as not being able to catch on to the latest technologies or they will decide to retire after you finally train them. Of course these are all bogus arguments that have no basis in truth. All this has created a grey ceiling which is affected more and more old workers.

What is really difficult to understand is that age discrimination is occurring at much younger ages than before such as the early forties. This is extraordinary because the population as a whole is getting older and so is the workforce. Right now it doesn’t seem possible that we will have a worker shortage due to the present economy but eventually it will come to that and then who will they give the jobs to?

• Older workers definitely have advantages over other age groups.  
• Work experience of older workers can be beneficial to any company 
• Loyalty is a terrific quality for an employee and older workers certainly have that. 
• Dependability like loyalty is a great feature of a valuable employee 
• After years on the job older workers have developed good communication skills. 

Make sure to emphasize the qualities of being an older worker so the grey ceiling would be a barrier.

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