I get asked that question all the time. In meetings, on conference calls, while pitching a new client. The answer really shouldn't matter. I find myself wondering whether male entrepreneurs get asked the same question, and why the person asking me doesn't consider it rude.
Age is messy these days, especially when it comes to jobs. While anecdotally, older workers (those 55+) claim that there is a bias against hiring them, their unemployment rate holds steady at 5.8 percent, according to the Department of Labor. While American culture often glorifies the young, this isn't translating into young people getting hired. In fact, the unemployment rate for those aged 18-29 rose to a staggering 12.1 percent last December, up nearly a percentage point from a year before. And yet we're not having a national conversation about age bias, even as we increasingly talk about other forms of bias.
To read the original article: "Just How Old Are You?" - Meredith Fineman - Harvard Business Review
