After working at a call center for two decades, Linda Bradley’s job came to an end about a year and a half ago. Since her layoff, she has combed online job sites every day looking for work — without much luck.
Bradley, who is 45 and lives near Columbus, Ohio, began suspecting age discrimination after someone at her union mentioned how recruiters often target online ads at younger candidates. “I thought to myself, ‘Oh, that’s why I wasn’t seeing some of the ads that my daughter has seen on her Facebook,’ ” she says.
Her daughter, who is 26, found something right away. Bradley eventually took the only job she could land — making far less than she had in her previous job. Her job hunt continues, but she says feels she is being excluded from even finding out about opportunities.
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