Why do people ask me my age when I apply for a job and if I have health conditions? I need a good job.?
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Questions Employers Cannot Ask\n\nJust like there are many questions that an interviewer can ask, there are many that he cannot ask. Some questions are illegal to ask. Many people don’t realize that there are off limit questions for employers. That is why I felt that it was important to include them.\n\nWhen or if you do encounter some of these questions there are ways that you can choose to respond to them. Since some people would probably answer them, it is good to know that you don’t have to answer those kinds of questions. You can simply ask how those questions pertain to the job you’re applying for. Here is a list of the questions that are illegal for an interviewer to ask.\n\nQuestions about your age are not allowed during an interview because it should not be a factor upon hiring you. \n\nQuestions about your marital status are inappropriate and can easily be mistaken for sexual harassment. This question also applies to whether or not you have children, your child care plans etc. This type of question also includes any other aspect of your personal life that should not effect your chances of being hired. \n\nQuestions about your personal health are also off limits. \n\nQuestions about your ethnicity should not be asked by an interviewer or answered by the person being given the interview. \n\nYour sexual preference cannot be a factor in your chances of being hired either. This type of question should not be asked. \n\nWhether or not you have disabilities is a question that should not be asked either. \n\nYour arrest record is information that doesn’t have to be answered. All an interviewer can ask you is if you have ever been convicted of a crime, they cannot ask you what for or how many times. \n\nBasically, personal information cannot be asked by an interviewer. It is illegal, and you do not have to respond. \n\n\n\n\n\nWhat medical questions can employers ask on job applications?\n\nEmployers cannot ask disability-related questions before an offer of employment is made. In general, this means that employers cannot ask questions on a job application that are likely to elicit information about a disability. For example, employers cannot ask whether an applicant has a physical or mental impairment, has received workers compensation, or was ever addicted to illegal drugs. For more examples, visit Pre-Offer, Disability-Related Questions: Dos and Don'ts at \nThe above paragraph was taken from the below web-site. I have interviewed canidates for several years now and you can not ask those questions. There are laws under the ADA (Americans with Disibilities Act) for starters that don't allow it.
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You have to be 21+, but in some cases they might consider 18. Alot of them though, they prefer you to be over 25 for obvious reasons.
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No--it shouldn't determine whether or not you are hired. Your age and your sex aren't going to qualify you for any job, unless there is an age requirment in which case it is possible to have your age addressed.\n\nYour sex, however, is not a legal question.
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why must people all the time want to find out about others, Nosey and talkative people. always have some thing to hide them selves.\nunless you deal in business with a person that applies for a job and you want to make sure they have been a good person or not.\nIts better to mind your own business not others, how would you like it if some one was to find out all about you ???
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Did they say "When are you avaliable to work?" late in the interview, because thats a good sign. The first question you listed is pretty good, I don't know about the second. Either way, Good Luck Bro! Hope it works out.
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Sounds like something you need to discuss with your doctor.  Your employer may require something from the doc stating your health does not prevent you from performing the job duties required  of you.
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First impressions mean a lot.  Some people will be concerned with your age and others won't be.  I think it is harder for women than for men too.\n\nAttitude means more.  If you treat people as if they are your intellectual inferior simply because they are not doctors then you are going to have a hard time.  It has been my experience that many doctors have this superiority complex and it shows through in their conversations with their patients.\n\nBased on my experiences, here are some tips I can give you.\n\n1. Have a good staff.  If the staff is rude then it doesn't matter how good the doctor is.  I figure that if a doctor hires a rude and incompetent staff then s/he must also be rude and incompetent.\n\n2. Listen to what the patient is telling you.  Let them finish speaking before interrupting.  It is infuriating to have to answer the same question 3 times because the doctor isn't paying attention to you.  I will usually leave at that point because they are not competent enough to work with me.\n\n3. Make eye contact.  Nothing is more frustrating as a patient than having a doctor with their face buried in their notes.  For all I know you aren't paying attention to me but rather doodling on your paper.\n\n4. Treat people how you would like your family to be treated.  Enough said there.\n\n5. Remember that medicine is not perfect.  If a test doesn't show that something is wrong don't write the patient off as being crazy or malingering.  Also, if a medication doesn't work or causes unbearable side effects don't write them off.  Different people metabolize medications differently.\n\nI'd say that if you treat people right you won't have to worry much about your age.  Don't focus on it and others won't either.
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tell me your age first .then i tell you how.
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I think it is because they are short sighted.  As someone who is currently unemployed and facing her 60th birthday next March, this is an essential question for me.  I try to put myself in their place, and look at the realities of the job.\n\nFor entry level positions, it is reasonable that they want someone young enough to move up in the company.  But such a position, normally considered "entry level" might also benefit from including someone who has learned much from the School of Hard Knocks, and can provide a stabilizing effect on the younger crew members.  And the higher the skill and experience levels required for a given position, the more an older person is going to be preferred, not merely tolerated.\n\nSome people say the problem is the number of years to retirement age.  Nonsense: younger people are more likely to be lured away by adventure or a bigger salary.  And younger people are more likely to leave due to upheavals in their private lives, or emotional problems, including drugs or alcohol.  The number of years a person actually will work before they leave, whether to retire or otherwise, is not predictable from their age, let alone their apparent age in an interview, since it is illegal to ask for an actual numerical value.\n\nOK, there are accommodations on both sides.  An older person may use their medical insurance more for themselves, but they are unlikely to have dependents to use it, or to need time off for taking care of other family members.  An older person may be slower of foot, but quicker of mind.  And experience does count, it really does.  Real world experience more generally, and not just in the field of the particular job.  Older people are less likely to call in sick for trivial reasons, for example, and tend to have low absentee rates.  They are more likely to have learned good manners and a bit of diplomacy, and be less likely to upset and annoy customers or clients with inappropriate remarks or emotional responses to stressful situations.  And as mentioned before, they can thus set a good example for younger members of the team.\n\nSo why do businesses discriminate?  Poor judgment, to some significant degree.  So go work for someone with good judgment, who can recognize your qualities.
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you are seriously deranged.  \n1) Surely, if you already got this good job, YOU should know when you got it, not us.\n2) You can't seriously be asking for some kind of horoscope-type information.  That stuff just doesn't work.\n\nThe best time to do anything is NOW.  \n\nProbably not a good idea publishing your birth date for all and sundry. Every heard of ID theft?\n(loggin off, logging on to Yahoo under assumed id)
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maybe some people lie about about there age and also its bad have u wathched the news how many trouble u can get in and why would u want to chat if Ur less than 18
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PASSION! First you must find an area that your passionate about and then use that to your benifit. Employers are always looking for good people at any age, they are hard to find. Employers want talent to benifit the bottom line of the company first, and when they can't find that, they look for a young pretty face, only because of the lack of good prospects.
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WHere I live they have an agency on aging..all their employees are over 60..they drive people to doctor's appts,  etc.  Some people want older people...women who won't get pregnant or get married and leave..people with life experience who appreciate more than a teen.  Would you be able to work FULL TIME. If not do this: apply to work at the local schools...in the lunchroom or janitorial..they work a few hours a day and after 5 years here you get ret. benefits too...then you can have 2 ret. benefits. You can sub. teach..part time...Wal-mart and K-mart and places like that hire door greeters that are over a certain age.. You would be amazed at how many people will appreciate you.  you may have trouble getting hired at a factory or hospital, etc because they are afraid of you getting hurt at the job and those jobs are in demand. Very few people want to work in a school/college cafe or cleaning toilets, etc. GL
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If you're not being given jobs purely based on your age & cos you got kids its blatant discrimination (which in any country is illegal).\n\nIf you live in Britain the law changes in October to make ageism illegal...so you cant be refused a job purely cos of your age (I dont know about other countries).\n\nMaybe if you call companies who rejected you & ask for feedback as to why they thought you are unsuitable - they should tell you & you can then use this info to help make your next one more successful.
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you're either extremely ugly or they think you're gay.\n\nno i'm joking - its a natural enough question to ask to get to know someone - what job they do and whether they're married or single, and where they live, its just a common question people ask all the time to get to know you.
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Me.  I am 51.  Why do you ask?
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??????????????what do you mean how old are you are you good details????????????????????