Ageism at work

Andrius Banelis for BI

Two weeks after he and his wife closed on a summer house, Kevin Berman was laid off.

That was in September last year. Berman, who's 61, has since applied to more than 650 IT jobs.

He has decades of experience in the field. He doesn't think his age has been an issue the handful of times he's landed an interview.

But when Berman, who lives outside Detroit, hears nothing after applying to a role he sees as a perfect fit for his experience, he sometimes...