22 Jul 2025

How old is too old for recruiters?

From Afternoons, 2:20 pm on 22 July 2025

A new report from the Australian Human Rights Commission and the Australian Human Resources Institute says that people over 50 are considered as "older" and that many employers are reluctant to hire workers under the age of 24 or over 50. 

Living -- part 2 of a 5-part series of illustrations to accompany the RNZ Chinese team's Growing Old in NZ series SINGLE USE ONLY

Photo: RNZ / Michelle Tiang