Surely it is ageism to imply that energetic implies ageism? In other words, if a person thinks that energetic implies ageism, then that person has a preconceived idea of a relationship between energy levels and age, otherwise they would not have considered such a rule in the first place.
--- Rod On 11 December 2012 11:48, Andy Robinson <a...@reportlab.com> wrote: > On 11 December 2012 11:45, Matt Hamilton <ma...@netsight.co.uk> wrote: > > We just submitted a job ad to a University placement scheme site and > there was a whole load of info there about what you can and can't say. e.g. > you couldn't ask for someone 'energetic' as it implied ageism. *facepalm* I > remember a while back someone from aUniversity IT dept looking at me in > horror at our job advert. They said they had to ask *exactly* the same > questions of each candidate regardless of how the candidate answered or > whether relevant or not. Seemed to me impossible to actually assess > someone's ability or suitability if they were that strict. > > > > Brilliant. I wonder if the same rules apply to students and academics > they interview? > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >
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