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Resume
Help tip: Avoid Age Discrimination |
If you're between 40 and 60
years old, the job market may hold a special treat
for your resume - Age Discrimination.
Most people who are victims
of age discrimination never even make it to an interview.
This means your resume said something tat caused an
employer to set it aside, and yo need some resume
help fast!
Resume Mistake.
Remember that you don't have
to list your entire work history in every resume you
send out!
Listing your entire 30-year
work history on your resume might actually hurt you.
The HR department I used to work for was concerned
with overqualified employees. There was a fear that
the employee would take our job to tide them over
until their "real" dream job came knocking
on their door.
Rather that listing your entire
30-year work history on your resume, you can simply
label that part of your resume "Recent Work History"
or "Relevant Work History" and then describe
only the last 10 or 15 years of your experience.
If something relevant to the
job you are applying for is in the distant past, there
is an artful way you can list this experience as well.
After your 10-15 year work history, add a small paragraph
headed "Prior relevant experience" and simply
refer to that ancient job without mentioning dates.
You get your message across without opening yourself
to age discrimination.
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