Debunking myths about senior workers is quite hard since it comes with a little bit of discrimination on the side. You can’t really blame a 30-year old hiring manager to be doubtful of their senior applicants as it is already forged in their minds since childhood that older people should be treated delicately and they really couldn’t do what younger people can do which leaves many seniors jobless and unfortunately penniless.

While there are ways to squirm your way out of this situation like building a network before hand and aiming for a consultant work even before you reach your retirement, sad thing is, many seniors were hit by the financial crisis unprepared. Add to that the persistent notion that seniors aren’t capable of handling hard labor anymore—a notion that even we, seniors, sometimes believe.

To give you a morale boost, here are some myths—busted—for senior workers or those looking for work:

MYTH 1:  Older people do not stay long with the company. Unless you look like as if you have gone to a chemo therapy session and back (sick and all), there’s no reason for companies to not hire you just because of this myth. In reality, older people tend to stay put since they usually have strong sense of loyalty for the company they work for.

MYTH 2:  Clients prefer to work with younger people. Contrary to this notion, clients do prefer to work with older people as much as possible since clients tend to trust older people than working with younger employees.

MYTH 3:  Senior workers take more days off than younger ones. Older workers seldom take days off unless it is a real illness. They never miss work for personal reasons.

MYTH 4:  Senior workers do not use technology to lighten up work load. Who says older people don’t know how to use the computer? Unless we’re really really old, say a hundred, then I’m proud to say that we seniors do know how to use techie stuff as efficiently as younger workers do.

MYTH 5:  Seniors are productivity-impaired. Yes, it may not be possible for us to be doing yoga while closing a deal but with years-experience, working already became a second nature to us, eliminating mistakes younger workers tend to commit.

MYTH 6:  Our brains are resistant to learning. With the right amount of training, senior workers are adaptable to changes and they do learn quickly. With the technology of today, when everything is done with a single click of a button, our ability to move faster becomes unimportant.