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Whether it's illegal or not, I sort of wish more employers would just advertise like this anyway - just tell me you're really only interested in a 23 year old,

Whether it's illegal or not, I sort of wish more employers would just advertise like this anyway - just tell me you're really only interested in a 23 year old, so I can avoid wasting both our time. Theoretically, the market will reward them with ... whatever comes of having a bunch of 23 year olds running mission-critical aspects of your business. Might be massive success, might be failure, but let them get on with it.

collyw 12y ago
Yes the amount of people that want to interview me is high in Barcelona. The amount of people that want to pay for my level of experience is low (and the wages aren't especially high here). Save us both the time and tell me in advance what you are willing to pay.
- erroneousfunk 12y ago
  Setting experience requirements (high and low) is legal. Flat out stating an age isn't, in both the US and the UK.
  - TheCoelacanth 12y ago
    Setting a maximum experience requirement isn't legal in the US because it has a disparate impact on older applicants.
tiptup 12y ago
True, it could be a cultural thing. His ad is more or less legal in China. Other preferences he could have added include height and weight requirement.
ownagefool 12y ago
Yeah, I don't mind. But they're either asking for a freaking genius or a liar, and since they're asking for a bunch of stuff that isn't really pertinent I'm willing to bet they pay like crap too. They'll get the liar and they'll probably deserve it.
- mgkimsal 12y ago
  Theoretically, they'll get the liars, and they'll suffer s a business for that. In practice, I've seen this happen, but everyone else suffers too, and it's a long drawn out process for the incompetence to surface, and often brings down others too.
deeviant 12y ago
This just in, I found one of the employees they hired using this incredible job posting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Kboormk3Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Kboormk3Y
mauricemir 12y ago
And when the year olds ends up in court/tribuneral in front of an experienced lawyer who will rip him or her to shreds. Industrial Tribunerals (labor courts) are not nice places trust me on this i know an EX GC who specialized in this area.

collyw 12y ago

Yes the amount of people that want to interview me is high in Barcelona. The amount of people that want to pay for my level of experience is low (and the wages aren't especially high here). Save us both the time and tell me in advance what you are willing to pay.

erroneousfunk 12y ago
Setting experience requirements (high and low) is legal. Flat out stating an age isn't, in both the US and the UK.
- TheCoelacanth 12y ago
  Setting a maximum experience requirement isn't legal in the US because it has a disparate impact on older applicants.

tiptup 12y ago

True, it could be a cultural thing. His ad is more or less legal in China. Other preferences he could have added include height and weight requirement.

ownagefool 12y ago

Yeah, I don't mind. But they're either asking for a freaking genius or a liar, and since they're asking for a bunch of stuff that isn't really pertinent I'm willing to bet they pay like crap too. They'll get the liar and they'll probably deserve it.

mgkimsal 12y ago
Theoretically, they'll get the liars, and they'll suffer s a business for that. In practice, I've seen this happen, but everyone else suffers too, and it's a long drawn out process for the incompetence to surface, and often brings down others too.

deeviant 12y ago

This just in, I found one of the employees they hired using this incredible job posting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Kboormk3Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Kboormk3Y

mauricemir 12y ago

And when the year olds ends up in court/tribuneral in front of an experienced lawyer who will rip him or her to shreds. Industrial Tribunerals (labor courts) are not nice places trust me on this i know an EX GC who specialized in this area.