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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, being of similar age, I sympathize with your frustration, but under what conditions would you have applied for the job?[/quote]

I would have applied if I'd felt she was going to endorse me as a candidate. Yes, I know that I might not have gotten the job, and that's OK with me, but without her endorsement, I definitely will not get the job. I'm upset because I feel that all the work I've done for free is not acknowledged as valuable.

And I really think she wants someone younger. The job would report directly to her, and I'm a decade older than she is. As a volunteer, I'm no threat to her, but were I her employee, it's possible she'd feel intimidated by my age and experience (although we have completely different skills) and possibly feel her authority was threatened. These are my conjectures.

It bothers me that she will take my work for free, and yet when it comes time to actually pay me for it, she seems unable to acknowledge the contribution I've made. And when they hire someone new (and younger), I'm going to be giving this person direction because I have experience with the organization and we are in the process of implementing many of my ideas.

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