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I am looking for a job change and need help from your end.
Can some one please refer me in their esteemed org for ETL Developer role?
Overall, I have 3years of exp as an ETL Developer. Below are my skills:-
Total Exp- 3Years
Informatica powercenter, IICS(Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services),Sql, Oracle, Unix and Autosys scheduling tool.
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Hi Everyone, I am trying to apply for a Technical Support role at Dropbox I’m entering all the required fields but there seems to be an issue, when I hit submit after filling the form, it doesn’t submit and throws error ‘Looks like you left this blank! Please fill out this required field’ when all the fields are entered already (I have checked so many times, and filled the form from scratch several times too). Anyone from Dropbox who can put me in touch with HR or suggest what I should do next?
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There is most definitely age bias in tech hiring.
I was laid off by an automaker two and a half years ago after a 25-year career in internal IT. I spent a lot of time desperately trying to get back to a life similar to what I had since then. I have learned that nobody wanted a 57 year-old with tech skills then, and they sure as hell don't want a sixty year-old with tech skills now.
I'd say that you are still young enough to re-define who you are, especially if you're like I was- I always felt myself defined by the job I had.
I have always known that I wanted to work until I was about 70. After two and a half years of repeatedly hitting myself over the head by applying to over 600 tech roles that were open within a 90-mile radius of where I lived, I finally got the message through my stubborn head that I should try something else.
It doesn't help in the slightest that everybody in a management position wants short-term gains by reducing headcount and increasing investment in AI. AI isn't quite where it needs to be yet, but those who see it as a golden solution to reducing a workforce they don't want to pay for are shooting themselves in the foot right now.
I'm certain it will get to where it needs to be, but I (finally!) plan to be comfortably settled in another field when the heavy-duty bloodletting really begins.
Hi, curious what your "something else" turned out to be? Your title says IT Business Analyst. Doesn't sound too far from the mark!
More like salary bias. They like them young because they’re cheap.
Knowing your interviewer to play into those hiring biases helps. So for example I discovered on fb that my boss had an inordinate amount of pictures of him as his car than his family - meaning he’s a materialistic guy and big on status. So I played up to his ego.
Start digging into LinkedIn and other social media channels and learn about the younger group. Learn what are their motivational drivers. Then use their hiring biases against them.
There's age bias in every industry. Tech might be the worst offender. I'm not quite to 40 yet, but I'm already starting to worry about it. I have no idea what you could possibly do other than remove dates from your resume. But even if that gets you past a biased screening system or HM, they're going to realize your age when you have to physically interview with them, so that wouldn't really help much.
I'm in my late 40s and I've been in tech my entire career. I definitely think there used to be a much stronger age bias 10, 15 years ago. It is getting better, but it's definitely still there.
There's definitely age bias in the tech industry. The problem is that it's something that's impossible to prove. Potential employers can always find a reason to pass on someone, and they're not going to say it's because of age and blatantly break the law. What can help is to try to obscure your age as much as possible, but at some point they're going to see you and chances are things will be obvious.
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Look and act young, this will help. Relate to your hiring manager or interview panel.
Definitely but I was able to work till 67 in tech
Oddity though
You will most likely have to go the contractor route.That's not a bad thing in my opinion. Turn your experience into an asset.
Absolutely