# Professor Michael North shares how firms can avoid age discrimination in hiring practices

1 Faculty News January 22, 2018 ![SHRM Magazine logo 192 x 144](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/shrmmagazine192x144.jpg?itok=ngMDQiyO)>

Excerpt from [SHRM Magazine](https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-magazine/0218/pages/hiring-in-the-age-of-ageism.aspx) -- "'\[Ageism\] sneaks up on us,' [North](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/michael-north) says. 'We really don’t think about age and aging until later in life. But we need to examine the issue and recognize the value that comes with age and experience.'"

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