I HIRED a person over 50. Should not be a big deal, but it was.
You can't imagine the resistance I had to overcome. ' He will never work hard enough', 'he will not fit into our culture', 'he will be taking a lot of sick days', 'he is overqualified' etc Nobody said he was too old. They were all 'politically correct'.
Even now, many years later, I am still upset about those remarks. I had to put my foot down to get him hired. Long story short, he was one of the best hires I ever made. We all learned from him. He made a huge difference for the company.
We should STOP calling people over 50 as 'overqualified' and 'over the hill'. Instead let's consider using these: veteran, very experienced, 'someone I can learn from', someone who can make a huge difference because of their experience.


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