By Andy McCue
Published: Tuesday 26 June 2007
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England
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IT Infrastructure Manager
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The reference over 40s strikes hard home, as a senior individual who voluntarily downsized for one year, I now find that most employers push away my CV with the comments "far too experienced", a euphemism for over 40 I am afraid. The industry does not want to be nearer to budget and target and have the stability that experience would bring. Using homegrown and trained talent and utilising the experienced pool would bring enormous success in delivering products and high quality.
It's a pity this is not realised.
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