January 15, 2012

Age Discrimination Shadows Many Workers’ Prospects

By Jennifer C. Berkshire

Four out of five nonprofit workers say they are either looking for a job or would be if the economy were stronger, according to a new Chronicle poll.

But finding a new position might not be so easy. In addition to the continued tight employment market, more than one quarter of workers say that they have been discriminated against on the basis of age when seeking a nonprofit job or promotion, while 43 percent said that they know someone who has.

The average age of the

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