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dofus

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4. I have known for a very long time now

Fri Oct 28, 2016, 02:23 AM

Oct 2016

that leaving off information that might identify your age is the smart thing to do.

Absolutely don't give the year you graduated from high school or college. Don't give the specific years you worked for a particular company.

Your resume can say things like: Worked for X company for three years doing such and thus.

I once got a job with a resume that so thoroughly obfuscated my actual employment history that my employer was completely astonished when she finally figured out my actual employment history.

Kudos to me.

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Leaving Information Off Resume to Combat Age Discrimination [View all] groundloop Aug 2016 OP

Sure, do that. One never knows. And immediately get rid of everything you can't drag jtuck004 Aug 2016 #1

Have you considered substitute teaching until you find something? mackerel Sep 2016 #2

It doesn't matter Citrus Sep 2016 #3

I have known for a very long time now dofus Oct 2016 #4

I haven't hit 40 yet and I'm already culling the back end of the resume cadoman Dec 2019 #5

Because I spent 25 years out of the workforce and raising children, PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2021 #6

From a rewrite experience, this spring bucolic_frolic May 2021 #7

I think I have hit my career acme at age 54. JanMichael Feb 2022 #8

The problem is that someone can always find out your age on an internet search. milestogo Apr 2022 #9

re: "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2022 #10