Strange application regarding age (career, interest, training, good)

[KellyXY]

Originally Posted by joe from dayton

You also need to worry about age for juvenile labor laws, and having staff who are old enough to sell tobacco and alcohol, but the categories listed aren't specifically geared towards that.

That is easily accounted for by asking something like "Are you 16/18/21/etc. years of age or older?" (and if not then to specify your age/DOB) which would not screen anyone out based on being too old.

[joe from dayton]

Originally Posted by KellyXY

That is easily accounted for by asking something like "Are you 16/18/21/etc. years of age or older?" (and if not then to specify your age/DOB) which would not screen anyone out based on being too old.

Yeah, that's what I said.

[STLgaltoo]

Originally Posted by purplesky

Here is the exact question, I went online and applied myself, and it came up near the end of the application. I was unable to continue until I checked it.

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What is your age range?

___ Age 16-17
___ Age 18-24
___ Age 25-39
___ Other

cannot get much more blatant about the question.....

[purplesky]

Update: My friend was offered the job, so age wasn't the issue in this case

[Sockeye66]

Originally Posted by purplesky

Update: My friend was offered the job, so age wasn't the issue in this case

Was this job fair sponsored by an outside party or agency? I'm wondering if it was simply survey data for them and info not going to the employer.


And congrats to your friend.

[purplesky]

No, it was sponsored by the actual company. After he did the online application he was directed to take a test and passed it.

[bobsell]

Originally Posted by purplesky

Update: My friend was offered the job, so age wasn't the issue in this case

It was a factor since they asked about it. Why would they ask about it if they didn't care how old they were?

[TexasRoadkill]

I have increasingly seen online job applications that ask about sexual preference and gender identification

[MissShona]

I am just coming off a job search (moved to a new area 4 months ago....and really needed to land something so I applied to probably almost 300 job postings). A few times I saw a question along the lines of "Have you reached your 40th birthday yet?" on job applications. It particularly stuck out at me because I just turned 40 yesterday (and got a job offer earlier in the week...thankfully they did NOT ask for my age at any time). I found the question to be very odd.

[Mae Maes Garden]

Originally Posted by TexasRoadkill

I have increasingly seen online job applications that ask about sexual preference and gender identification

Seriously? Do they just “ask”?