If you look at actual OECD data, of course the job market extends a bit beyond 34. But does it really? We know a lot about ageism in hiring, and we also know it’s paradoxical to apply in marketing (only focusing on millennials), because younger people tend to have less money than older people. Just generally.
Anecdotally, I would say this → The last 2–3 places I’ve had bigger contracts with and needed to visit the office a decent amount, the average age of an employee was 28 or so. There were a few execs in their 40s and no one else, really. Most of sales, SDRs, accounts, marketing, etc. were 28 year-olds, usually female, who spent most of their down time on The Gram.
Small sample size, but I’ve heard dozens of other friends say it too.
Now, also anecdotally, I know a few 27/28 year-olds who have been in job searches in the past year. All of them resolved in less than 75 days. Now, everyone I know over 35 who goes unemployed, it’s a minimum of six months. I know two people over 40 who have been unemployed for three+ years.
All of this is semi-logical. We deify the internal culture of tech companies, and those tend to be youthful. Since most jobs these days (white-collar, at least) involve some degree of interaction with tech, software suites, and apps … it’s biased (but logical, again!) thinking that we need younger people in…
