Radio Netherlands Worldwide

In addition to the above, Amsterdam regards itself as a university and young town. Many people in the Netherlands are aware that the government's promotion of jobs for waiting university graduates encourages businesses to engage in discreet discriminatory practices that lead to lay offs of older more costly employees for young, inexpensive ones. Many American companies are not willing to be associated with this type of practice due to the probabiloity of being sued in America where age discrimination is an issue. Also, American companies have concerns of not being able to hire the appropriate staff with young recruiters unwilling or incapable of valuing experience over youth. Finally many American companies are run by older men and women. Get my drift?