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PoindexterOglethorpe

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6. Because I spent 25 years out of the workforce and raising children,

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Sat Jan 16, 2021, 08:08 PM

Jan 2021

when I got back in, my resume had no dates on it whatsoever, just how long I'd been in various jobs. It worked.

To be clear, I did not have an actual career, and I was going to be looking for entry level work, quite different from your situation.

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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