Is It Proper For Any Reason To Reduce Your Age To Get a job?


It has become a norm for job seekers to reduce their age(s) to secure jobs no thanks to employers of labour. Please do you think it is proper either as a christian or moslem?.

Pidivine: It has become a norm for job seekers to reduce their age(s) to secure jobs no thanks to employers of labour. Please do you think it is proper either as a christian or moslem?.

Not for true children of GOD. Do not sow a seed that will be difficult to annihilate.GOD bless you.

is NOT proper in any way, If the job is yours, it will surely come to you. don't try to be smarter than your GOD by fooling your employer.
Remember, " for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap " May God help us all.

If there is age limit n u cut down ur age they wil stil fish out wen u submit d originals of ur waec or gce 4 final interview screenin

In a case where ur WAEC Cert DOB(not ur fault) is different from ur real DOB. What wld u do? Saying ur true DOB is a lie to them and giving the false DOB in the cert is their truth. What wld u do?

what if your age is increased would you still go ahead to use it that way?

Not for a true child of God,i remember atttending an interview and my age was five yrs higher thatn the required age,bt the interviewer were happy that iwas the only one that submitted my birth cert..every other person submitted declatatn of age and i gote the job..wht ever God cannot give u,u dont need it.

God bless u. Thanks.

Why would any prospective employer ask for age, isn't that discriminatory?

Ans to your question, NO it isn't proper. If I were a recruiter, I will fire you before you could even say "it was the devil". Lying to get a job is totally unacceptable, that's why I pity those who beef up their resume because when they find out, some sins aren't forgivable. Let alone a Christian, that a NO NO...Don't even think about it.

I don't think it is wrong, because some people didn't even know their age!! If them increse or reduce it, it is just ignorance not sin!! #kapish#

E good one side, e bad One side....

No tell me to explain.. Use Google

Do what you need to do to get what you want. There is no big deal in it.

if na govt work, i go reduce my age sharply. if na church i go use my normal age. give Jesus his own, ceaser his own. Lol

I wonder when god started to deputize as a recruitment agent. If he was so good in providing jobs for people, then how come there are so many jobless people in Nigeria then?!

@OP: No. If it's yours, then you will get it regardless of how old you are.

I am a true christian and will never reduce my age for any reason. If I am asked and I don't want to say it, I'd better keep quiet. But when it's important, such as applying for a job, I'll say it. My age is my age and it won't reduce.

Same judgement dat is applied to those reducing their age shld be applied to those employer given age specification.

Na girls dem sabi do am pass...even for marriage sakes....eg for obudu whr I dey serve, u go see mumsi n popsi dem wey say dem dey 29....u go start dey wonder weda NYSC,jobs,marriage get 'football' age too..

I tire o,thr's no reason justifiable for dat action...at all.

Na me get my age, anything mek i tell u take am!!

Yep,especially when Jamb,Waec,ASUU strike,or witches from your village wey dey follow u bumper to bumper, no gree leave u on time.its normal,will call it football age.

monsuru560: My slippers

this your slipper go don reach 70years oo!! Hw old are u self?

manny4life: Why would any prospective employer ask for age, isn't that discriminatory?

Ans to your question, NO it isn't proper. If I were a recruiter, I will fire you before you could even say "it was the devil". Lying to get a job is totally unacceptable, that's why I pity those who beef up their resume because when they find out, some sins aren't forgivable. Let alone a Christian, that a NO NO...Don't even think about it.

You make this sound like the worst thing on earth. I'd rather take the risk that my employer may find out about my age at some point in the future, and then terminate my appointment based on that, than have my chances at a prospective job cut short despite having the necessary qualifications and experience, based on age. It is for the employer to find out and prove that I'm older than what i say i am.

Is it moral or ethical? Probably not, but it's a Jungle, man, and the bills have to be paid. It's not my fault i came into the world earlier than my potential employer would have preferred and i don't think i deserve to be punished for it.

If not... Why not?

Even besides religious belief, it's not worth is cos you'll still get found out.
It's unfortunate that some Nigerian employers openly discriminate on the basis of age but it still doesn't justify lying to get a job because there are still many other employers who don't.

If you do and later repent, you must go back to confess for you to be forgiven. Imagine making such confession when you have climbed the ladder of success and perhaps have become a public figure? Whatever a man sows, he shall surely reap. Sow lie and reap aboundant lie later in life, it's an immutable law of life.

Nigeira factor....imagine banks n many others asking 4 under 25. Delay in schl no be my fault.... I struggle pass WAEC, JAMB, enter school, ASUU strike n other internal strikes prolonged my days in schl while age kept on counting. I need 2 flow with d society to meet up.....so I adjust.

No! It is not proper to do so. What will be will be.

Na those employers dey couse am jare, they knew d eduction condition of this country and they will still be seeking for applicant that has aquired B.sc plus Masters or PGD at d age of 21years. E no go beta for Una.

al of una de form 4 here...i wont reduce it oo...bt if chelsea coms to sign me ....hehehehe omo na under 12 i go play for.....i

AGE...? It's not supposed to be reduced