Above 50 and Unemployed -2

I know that it is not that all the above 50 years old are having a hard time, since if you have been a CEO of a big company, you will be hired instantly since you have already proved your mantle in the corporate world by going to the top long before you are going to retire, but the majority of the people who are on the lower ladder are suffering due to high unemployment. It is no fault of theirs that they reached the “AGE” and got laid off due to the recession. But the corporate world thinks that if they were good enough they would have reached the pinnacle of career by the time they hit 50. I know that it is not the case with all the companies, but it does goes through their mind. Why should they hire somebody who is expensive, going to retire in a few years, have families and other expenses, have more experience than the employees in their offices feel threatened about, when they can hire somebody fresh or nearly fresh out of college with any of the above mentioned “burdens” and mold them into their own corporate image.

Well maybe not all is lost, the group above 50 does get jobs but much longer than the ones below them, but they have to go through hoops to blunt the effect of the stereotypes that have been ingrained in the minds of the corporate world. I don’t really understand that if can’t or hard to prove that you have been discriminated on the basis of age, how will you win your case. And how is the law on the books going to help you if it is so hard to fight this kind of discrimination. You really have to have inside information about the company’s hiring practices (or recent hires) to find out if you have been discriminated against on the basis of age.