ForssAwakens
Well-known member
Pardon my ignorance but there’s a lot assumptions being made there and a lot of stereotyping going on, from looking a pieces of paper. You’ve pretty much admitted that you age discriminateI know the reason, and it's a very fair reason in most instances, but not in all.
The sector of the industry I work in is extremely labour intensive, people 60-year-old don't tend to stick around digging holes and lugging around large heavy items by hand, or have the fitness to do it, despite what most of them think. They might hack it for a week after a month of training (which costs money and time), then quit, then what? Start again?
Some jobs you just need young, strong, fit, people which are "starter" jobs, not so much finisher jobs. It's like football, a 50-year-old can't run the wing like some 20 year old, yet some on here probably would claim they could, but you don't need to see them in action to get a good gauge on how they would do, and what their ceiling would be, and where it might be in 5-10 years.
When there's a 100 CV's you have to shorten the list somehow, and you can't interview/ meet or fitness test them all, so you have to be generalistic. Everyone does it, just most don't realise they do. If we signed a 50 year old, literally everyone here would go wild.
Yes, I get the knowledge decay, as in they might not know trigonometry, or simultaneous equations etc, but if they're in a construction role, they will likely still be able to work out an area and volume, or calculate a time estimate. They will certainly still be capable of getting a grasp of it, quite quickly.
I would do the last line, but not sure if that's one of the options on indeed though? I've not used it much to be honest.
The thing is, it's a relatively low-level construction role, for small company, not pilot selection for the RAF. By having the test listed, most worth their salt would probably think "I've not got time for this" and basically wouldn't do it. It's a poor attitude, but when people are looking for work they could end up looking at a hundred possible jobs.
I do like the idea of this though, and I suppose it could be done when someone registers for a job site, so they don't have to do it a hundred times.
I guess if you sieving through a 100 cv’s if people turn around a day I’ve not got time for this you’ll have less cv’s applications to look through