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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DH is also 50 and looking for work.... he doesn’t seemed concerned but I always worry about ageism.[/quote]

You should. Unfortunately perception is reality when it comes to older workers.  Young(ish) managers don't want older workers reporting to them - they may feel intimidated or believe that the older worker won't work as hard/be trainable.

While someone 50+ looking for a job might be inclined to hold their tongue or be deferential during an interview, I know of one guy who did the exact opposite.  He was interviewing with a 35-year old manager looking to hire someone with 5-10 years of experience.  My former colleague had a little more than 30 years.  Sounds like he was interviewing someone 50+ to tick the no-ageism box when he ended up hiring a younger worker.

My former colleague looked the hiring manager straight in the eye and told him: (1) he appreciated the opportunity to interview for the job; (2) he had the skills and experience to do the job; and (3) he explained - very politely - how someone like him could help the manager achieve his goals and be successful in the organization.  In other words, he appealed to the hiring manager's self-interest in climbing the corporate ladder, while also making it clear that he wasn't interested in doing the same (except perhaps as the manager's right hand).  He ended up getting the job primarily because of #3.  There were plenty of other (younger) candidates who had ## 1 & 2, but none of them apparently told the hiring manager that they would subsume their ambitions to his.[/quote]

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