From the course: How to Reduce the Obstacles of Ageism While Job Searching

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Strategies to push back on the myths of ageism

Strategies to push back on the myths of ageism

- Yeah, especially in certain industries, they're still competing for talent. And even just overall, there's still tightness in the job market. - You have to be willing to say yes and be willing to take a risk, take a chance. And the ageism question, we do tend to self-deprecate sometimes and say words that are ageist about ourselves. And all that does is build up the myth and continue it on. But I think we can keep our side of the street clean by simply being very careful about our language, about how we present ourselves, about our energy level, and our ability to adapt to new technology. Be willing, as you just said, curious to learn new ways. At Yahoo Finance, I had never worked in Google Docs, right? So I'm like, oh, jeepers, you know, what am I going to do? But I had a good friend who's about my age, and I quickly sent him a text, and I said, "I know you love Google Docs. What do you think?" He said, "Let's do a…

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