In 2021, over 60 percent of older French job seekers looking for a management position entirely believed their age was a negative factor during the recruitment process. Less than five percent declared not seeing their age as an obstacle to their success during that year.
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Share of executive candidates aged 55 or older perceiving their age as a negative factor during the recruitment process in France in 2021
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Association Professionnelle des Entreprises de Conseil en Investissement. (January 24, 2022). Share of executive candidates aged 55 or older perceiving their age as a negative factor during the recruitment process in France in 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 26, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295659/france-age-discrimination-perception-of-older-executive-candidates/
Association Professionnelle des Entreprises de Conseil en Investissement. "Share of executive candidates aged 55 or older perceiving their age as a negative factor during the recruitment process in France in 2021." Chart. January 24, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295659/france-age-discrimination-perception-of-older-executive-candidates/
Association Professionnelle des Entreprises de Conseil en Investissement. (2022). Share of executive candidates aged 55 or older perceiving their age as a negative factor during the recruitment process in France in 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295659/france-age-discrimination-perception-of-older-executive-candidates/
Association Professionnelle des Entreprises de Conseil en Investissement. "Share of Executive Candidates Aged 55 or Older Perceiving Their Age as a Negative Factor during The Recruitment Process in France in 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295659/france-age-discrimination-perception-of-older-executive-candidates/
Association Professionnelle des Entreprises de Conseil en Investissement, Share of executive candidates aged 55 or older perceiving their age as a negative factor during the recruitment process in France in 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295659/france-age-discrimination-perception-of-older-executive-candidates/ (last visited June 26, 2025)
Share of executive candidates aged 55 or older perceiving their age as a negative factor during the recruitment process in France in 2021 [Graph], Association Professionnelle des Entreprises de Conseil en Investissement, January 24, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295659/france-age-discrimination-perception-of-older-executive-candidates/
