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Do you have dates for all things, such as Education and Military Experience on your resume? If a company looks at a resume and sees missing dates, is that resume "****canned"? Does the "minus dates" automatically tell a company an applicant is old and the "age discrimination" thing happens?
If I include my military experience on my resume, with dates, anyone could definitely tell that I'm in my early 60's! If I leave off the dates of that experience, a "Red Flag" could automatically go up due to the missing dates. Same goes for my college education and dates. I went to college back in the mid 70's!
I told my wife this morning, "I think I'm SOL no matter what I do......dates or no dates!"
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We went through some hiring in the last few weeks, and a couple of the better candidates had "holes" in their resume dates. We did not reject them, but waited for the interview to ask about it. We do not ask for personal information, though it might be given to us, we simply ask if
they were working during that time, which can result in a Yes or No
but most of the time they are anxious to explain.
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It is customary to account for the last 10 years, but the person we recently hired gave "30 years experience in ..." which, in the position we were filling, looked better than 10+, and in fact, made it stand out more than people giving 12 or 14 years experience.
For my resume, I'm talking about Education and Military Experience......both of which go back 40 years ago! Education is on resume, but no dates. Took Military Experience off cause that would be two areas of the resume not showing dates (other being Education). I'm really starting to think that most employers "THINK" that a person at 60 yrs old or beyond SHOULD be already retired or is just plain too old to hire. How can us Baby Boomer prove them wrong???? Without a call/interview, we can't
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Originally Posted by Ladywithafan
There is no law that says you have to work everyday of your life nor report about why you didn't!
Do you have dates for all things, such as Education and Military Experience on your resume? If a company looks at a resume and sees missing dates, is that resume "****canned"? Does the "minus dates" automatically tell a company an applicant is old and the "age discrimination" thing happens?
If I include my military experience on my resume, with dates, anyone could definitely tell that I'm in my early 60's! If I leave off the dates of that experience, a "Red Flag" could automatically go up due to the missing dates. Same goes for my college education and dates. I went to college back in the mid 70's!
I told my wife this morning, "I think I'm SOL no matter what I do......dates or no dates!"
I just don't include my entire past work history. I go back 10 years for work history. I also don't include the dates I attended college. I simply put my degree and GPA.
I also use a resume style that hightlights my knowledge and skills for the majority of the resume instead of the standard chronological style.
I just don't include my entire past work history. I go back 10 years for work history. I also don't include the dates I attended college. I simply put my degree and GPA.
I also use a resume style that hightlights my knowledge and skills for the majority of the resume instead of the standard chronological style.
Unless you are fresh out of college...no one really cares what your GPA was (and even for a new grad, many are not that concerned with it).
Heck, I've spent $300 on three classes over the Internet dealing directly with my career AND not a single word from a company or agency has been said about the classes I took. Last class was in 2008. People keep saying "keep your computer skills and other job related things up-to-date". If classes are taken, but NOT recognized, what can people do? I've stated this a number of times, employers/agencies want/require actual job experience. In the "old days", employers had no problem with teaching certain things, like a new computer program. Today, not the same.
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Unless you are fresh out of college...no one really cares what your GPA was (and even for a new grad, many are not that concerned with it).
One of our large employers, Boeing does base the starting salary for new engineering hires on their college GPA.
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