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Is 65 too old to stay at the helm of a major research center?
[...] Bréchot, who previously led INSERM, the French biomedical research agency, aspires to a second term, but he will turn 65 in July 2017. Under the governing statutes of the foundation that runs the Paris center, that disqualifies him for the renewal, Pasteur's 21-strong board of directors has concluded. Angered by the board's refusal to change the rules, Pasteur's General Meeting, a parliament-style governing body, dissolved the board in June. Now, Bréchot's future is in limbo.
[...] The board, which includes six Pasteur scientists, would not budge. Changing Article 12 would be a lengthy affair that requires government involvement and could lead to a complete review of the foundation's statutes to align them with those of other French foundations, says board chair Rose-Marie Van Lerberghe. That could damage Pasteur, she adds: For example, Bréchot earns a sizable salary but typical foundation statutes require an unpaid president, which would make it difficult to recruit a top candidate.
How old is too old for this job and others?
Would making the position unpaid like other foundation actually make it "difficult to recruit a top candidate"?
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/dispute-over-presidents-age-tears-pasteur-institute-apart
(Score: 2) by GungnirSniper on Thursday August 04 2016, @06:54PM
The prior edition of GungnirSniper is now old enough to get senior discounts, and he tells me that despite his experience and general liveliness he gets turned down for jobs under the code term "not energetic enough". Between companies passing on candidates like him with decades of experience and advanced degrees due to age, and skilled and certified candidates like me for not having a degree in anything, how the hell are H1-Bs getting through?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @09:56PM
As the hiring manager for a major tech firm whose products you're using to read this post, I can tell you it's not at all difficult to match a job to an H-1B worker. Our overseas contact provides us with a listing of the worker's qualifications. We copy-paste the list into our template for job listings and hit "print." Next we walk the printout and a roll of Scotch tape down to the end of the hallway by the emergency exit. Tape it to the wall, wait a few days, hire, aaand done.