UCSD - age discrimination

Nurses General Nursing

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Specializes in med/surg.

Just curious. In the past when I have posted resumes with UCSD, at the end of the application, it asks for the year you graduated as an RN. Is this a way to get around age discrimination?

Specializes in Trauma, Teaching.

Could do that, but it also tells them how long (how much experience) you have as a nurse. They could always go back and add up the years on your job experiences if they were really determined to figure out how old you are.

lol, they would be way off on a lot of us late bloomers, now wouldnt they?

Specializes in Pulmonary, MICU.

It's experience discrimination, which is totally legal and legit.

Given the incredibly wide age range of nursing students these days, that's not a particularly productive way to try to find out age, if that's their intent -- I agree the question is about experience, not age.

Specializes in OR.

Yeah its not exactly the most accurate way to determine age everybody has started there nursing career at wide range of ages , so I think they use it as a gauge to see how much experience you have !

Specializes in med/surg.
Yeah its not exactly the most accurate way to determine age everybody has started there nursing career at wide range of ages , so I think they use it as a gauge to see how much experience you have !

This question always comes at the very last of your application. Your resume shows your work history.

Specializes in ICU.

Does the app not ask for your birth date?

Specializes in OR.

I still stand by my opinion.

Specializes in ICU.

Maybe for it's for verifying your credentials? I dunno.

Age discrimination does seem a little far fetched...

Specializes in Med/Surg, ICU, educator.

I think it's probably an innocent question, again looking for length of RN licensure, experience, etc. Not everyone includes every bit of experience on a resume, some only do last 10-15 years, or 3-4 employers.

Specializes in med/surg.
Does the app not ask for your birth date?

No. But I believe date of graduation could easily provide a close approximation to age.

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