Background. To complete the Career Exploration assignment, you must read Guideline 8, Managing Age-related Stereotypes at Work in – Beyond Yes, Advice for Early Career Professionals Transitioning into the Workplace.
Assignment Overview
This assignment aims to teach you how to recognize age-related stereotypes in the workplace.
You are required to complete research for two questions in this assignment. Research is required for questions 1 & 3.
Directions
To complete the assignment – you must answer the following SIX questions:
Age-related stereotypes [Research Requirement]. You are required to conduct research on this question.
Explain the reverse ageism that employees under the age of 40 might experience in the workplace.
[Research Requirement – You are required to use one resource which does NOT include Beyond Yes: Advice for Early Career Professionals Transitioning into the WorkplaceLinks to an external site..
The hyperlink to the resource must appear directly below your response.
Examples – Reverse Ageism.
Name two examples of what might happen to a worker under 40 who experiences reverse ageism.
State Laws [Research Requirement]. You are required to conduct research on this question.
Name and explain ONE law that protects workers under 40 from reverse ageism.
The hyperlink to the resource must appear directly below your response.
Managing Age-related stereotypes/ Reverse Ageism. This question has two parts!
4a. Drawing from Beyond Yes: Advice for Early Career Professionals Transitioning into the Workplace, explain TWO best practices for managing age-related stereotypes and reverse ageism against people under 40 in the workplace.
4b. Utilize an example for EACH best practice to explain your answers further.
Acknowledgement – Employee Under 40.
The textbook Beyond Yes: Advice for Early Career Professionals Transitioning into the Workplace provides several examples of how early career professionals can acknowledge the contributions of other early career professionals.
Name and explain ONE example at work (or school) where you acknowledged the contributions of another early career professional. The example cannot be something YOU accomplished at work or school. Instead, this question is intended to help you practice acknowledging the contributions of other young people in the workplace (or school). You are required to share a detailed response for this question.
Assignment Reflection.
In no more than 2-3 sentences, explain what you learned from completing this assignment.
When responding to the questions:
Formatting Guidelines. You must copy and paste each question first. Make sure to keep the question number. Then, type in the answer below each question. Make sure you keep the question numbers.
Readings
Beyond Yes: Advice for Early Career Professionals Transitioning into the Workplace, 1st Edition, © 2022Links to an external site. ISBN: 9781792473432.
You should read: Guideline 8, pages 95 – 101.
