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all people back to work. but charities have warned that although many over 50s do want to work, a lot of the time they seem to face discrimination and ageism from recruiters. the treasury said its recruitment processes are fair, open and based on merit. it also says it runs a blind recruitment process that essentially means assessors do not get shown the ages of applicants. the charity age uk says that can be helpful certainly in the early stages, for example when you are sifting through cvs and application letters, but it said that biases can creep in at a later stage so it says it is important to train recruiters to ensure they minimise biases when they are face—to—face with candidates in interviews. face-to-face with candidates in interviews-— the bbc says it won't continue filming the latest series of top gear, following an accident in december where its presenter freddie flintoff was hurt. there are reports this morning that
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the bbc has seen data that suggests older workers are less likely to get jobs at the treasury than younger people. it comes as the chancellorjeremy hunt urges over—50s to return to work, to help tackle staff shortages. the treasury said its recruitment processes were "fair, open and based on merit". our business reporter noor nanji is with me now. tell us more about what was found in the data? we tell us more about what was found in the data? ~ , ., ., ., the data? we used a freedom of information _ the data? we used a freedom of information request _ the data? we used a freedom of information request to _ the data? we used a freedom of information request to see i information request to see recruitment data from the treasury over the past five years and the results were very interesting. what they reveal is that older workers who gotjob interviews that the treasury, they got a lower proportion ofjob offers compared to younger workers. proportion ofjob offers compared to youngerworkers. if proportion ofjob offers compared to younger workers. if we take a look at the numbers we can see 17% of over 50s who got interviews at the treasury were successful at getting job offers. that compares with 20% of people in their 30s and 22% for under 30s. we also asked to see the average age of people working at the
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calling on over 50s to return to the workplace to try to plug some of the staff shortages we are seeing across the economy. jeremy hunt became chancellor in october last year. injanuary he used a speech specifically to appeal to early retirees saying britain needs you, we need you to get back to work. in the budget last week he announced a series of measures designed to get older people back to work. but charities have warned that although many over 50s do want to work, a lot of the time they seem to face discrimination and ageism from recruiters. the treasury said its recruitment processes are fair, open and based on merit. it also says it runs a blind recruitment process that essentially means assessors do not get shown the ages of applicants. the charity age uk says that can be helpful certainly in the early stages, for example when you are sifting through cvs and application letters, but it said that biases can creep
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remember the green and yellow scarves thing that they had going as well? they wanted it to be a club that had a moral base to it, that they could feel comfortable with. but every single club now, certainly at the top levels of world football, have to consider ethical arguments as well as the financial ones, and those are two things that more often than not don't fit particularly well together. pat nevin. the bbc has seen data that suggests older workers are less likely to get jobs at the uk treasury than younger people. it comes as the chancellor jeremy hunt urges over—50s to return to work to help tackle staff shortages. the treasury said its recruitment processes were "fair, open and based on merit". earlier, i spoke to our business reporter noor nanji. we used a freedom of information request to see recruitment data from the treasury over the past five years and the results were very interesting. what they reveal is that older workers who gotjob interviews that the treasury, they got a lower proportion ofjob
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