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Must be a pretty high number in my industry/field, because I still hear "not enough experience" at times, when I have faced rejection. Never been told I have "too much experience" for a role.
30???? Oh my goodness. I was at the peak of life at 32. Career life starts at 30, 20's like on another thread here just doesn't cut it as far as career maturity. I don't even believe we have anyone in their 20's in our office. The 2 interns may be.
The 40's is a great time to look into opportunities such as certifications or extra education to expand your abilities.
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I'm in IT so about 25 for me.
Luckily, I've been able to dazzle them with my brilliance my entire career and am now standing at the threshold of 58 and was just promoted in my Federal position.
Fortunately, in my field of work (i.e., power generation) the experience which comes with age is highly revered given the inexperience and less than stellar performance of those new to the industry.
As it happens, several key staff in our place of work are in our 60's and close to retirement.
We've yet to retire and management is already offering monetary incentives to return post retirement.
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I started at my current employer at age 57. When I got promoted to manager 18 months later, I hired a person age 53 to replace myself. This is in commercial/industrial real estate. My recent hires have all been millennials 26-31, but that's pretty much the only ages that have applied in the last couple of years.
30???? Oh my goodness. I was at the peak of life at 32. Career life starts at 30, 20's like on another thread here just doesn't cut it as far as career maturity. I don't even believe we have anyone in their 20's in our office. The 2 interns may be.
The 40's is a great time to look into opportunities such as certifications or extra education to expand your abilities.
Assuming most people are graduating college at 22-23, ageism starting at 30 gives someone an average shelf life of 7-8 years in whatever field/industry OP is in.
Now, a couple things come to mind when I read something as ridiculous sounding as this. OP could be telling the truth, and whatever niche field/industry she's in (acting perhaps?) has an extremely short shelf life and probably isn't worth going into for most people since the average career spans 30+ years.
Or...
OP is probably exaggerating quite a bit.
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