| Comment | When I used to recruit for entry-level positions, we'd always get applications from older folk who had reskilled/retrained, often after being made redundant from other roles, and we would initially be keen on them.
But then as soon as the conversation would turn to salary negotiations, they'd always be looking for way more than we were offering. They'd be looking for £40k+ for a £20-25k entry-level position, on the basis of their years of experience in something entirely unrelated and of no value to us.
Then you'd offer the same thing to the new graduate and they'd piss themselves with excitement.
So in my experience it wasn't a direct preference for young applicants by us, it was more the assumption by older applicants that age automatically creates an entitlement to a higher wage irrespective of relevant experience, and even if you did come to a negotiated salary, they'd resent you as an employer.
Not a universal experience, but this happened many times. |
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