Perhaps they just offer college credit through their internship program and as
a
result want to try and locate applicants who will not only gain experience,
but
credit as well?
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>You know, this feels a little bit like biting off our
>noses to spite our faces.
>
>It is but a courtesy that our posters list jobs here.
>Clearly there has been a great demand for jobs with
>tremendous regularity as each new member with paper in
>hand or soon to be in hand finds his/her way to the
>list.
>
>But if you snipe at the postings for the way they're
>worded in a public forum and embarrass the person who
>posted them, how many museums do you think will still
>be willing to post here?  You could be cutting off
>your water at the well.
>
>Further, remember that your future employers could
>well be here.  Never discount how you come across in
>this forum because you don't necessarily know just who
>is looking AND your comments are there in the archives
>in case they want to check.
>
>Unless you were talking something like the ADEA (Age
>Discrimination Employment Act), which affects the plus
>40 crowd as I recall,
>http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/adea.html, I'm not sure you
>begin to have a case for age discrimination.
>
>Further, you may be reading far more into what is
>there, or far too little, than what the author
>intended.  I agree with Adrienne that it's probably
>best to look for clarification.
>
>When I see those buzz words, I think two things.
>Either they're not able to pay much and need someone
>on the lower end of the employment scale, or they want
>someone who is fresh and potentially more pliant.
>
>Then again, with all the complaining that folks make
>about how hard it is to break into the field, just
>maybe they're trying to make an opportunity.
>
>And, if they do want some sweet young thing and you
>are not, would you REALLY want to work there?  What do
>you suppose your chances of success would be, and have
>you bothered to see how many employment law cases are
>ruled of late in favor of the employer.
>
>Sounds like this was just an open mouth, insert foot
>exercise.  I've been guilty of this on occasion and do
>try to learn.  Maybe this is just an example that I
>still need to learn.
>
>
>
>
>--- Katie Bolinger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> It sure does SOUND like discrimination. I am also a
>> returning student and as
>> far as I am concerned, if you are in college, you
>> are 'college age'!
>>
>> on 5/17/01 10:17 PM, Jo Young at [log in to unmask]
>> wrote:
>>
>> > A "college age" intern? As a returning student,
>> that
>> > almost sounds discriminatory.
>
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