Word: tells
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...interpreted employer comments such as, "This company is looking for young blood," or, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks," to be innocent remarks rather than evidence of serious bias. The upshot is that if an age-discrimination case is to succeed, an employer virtually has to tell a worker in so many words, "We don't want you because...
Operation ABLE, says case manager Roland Fullilove, 56, often has to tell its 55-and-over clients "not to expect the same kind of position they had before. No employers are begging to pick up your hefty salary, even with all your experience." The jobs it finds for seniors typically pay $18,000 to $30,000 a year--considerably better than nothing but hardly exciting...
...those who feel their abilities and experience are worth more? They can only echo Cottin, the former lobbyist: "When I read the figures on the unemployment rate I'm very troubled, because no one is seeing the real problem in this country. Someone needs to tell Bill Clinton that some of the most talented people in the country aren't working simply because they were born before 1950." Someone should convey the same message to employers who moan about how hard it is to find qualified help in today's tight labor markets...
...surprise, rushed to sell out, until the limp, overloaded markets finally shut down. Russia, deprived of international capital--James Dorn of the Cato Institute calls it "financial morphine"--went into shock. Explained Steven Halliwell, a partner at River Capital Management: "As far as we can tell, Russia is in an absolute panic situation...
...After just a few days, it is far too soon to tell whether Dr. Mahathir's desperate gamble will succeed or fail. The details of the plan have yet to be laid out, and those details will likely determine whether the plan is panacea or poison. Malaysian stocks tumbled on the news Tuesday, then lurched upward Wednesday as investors scrambled for bargains; the next few weeks will likely be turbulent as investors and speculators learn the ropes of what will be a very different Malaysia as far as outsiders are concerned. Inside Malaysia, Mahathir?s plan has already caused chaos...