A recruiter recently told me not to have any dates that start with “19xx” on my resume. (I started working in 1996) and that I should just list my first and second job (that I was at for nearly 10 years) as “additional experience” with no timeline or duration. Is this something you have heard and agree with?

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I got my most recent job from a reference from 1998—the guy who hired me happened to know the CEO of the agency I worked at all those years ago, and the CEO remembered me from back then and gave me a thumbs-up. It would’ve never happened had I followed ageist advice.

We Gen Xers are now old. Let’s own being old. Turn it into a good thing instead of something to hide.

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Adjusted mine a few years ago to only go 10 years back. On the resume I list “earlier experience” with no dates, just the job descriptions.

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I removed my first 6 years in the business, from 1999-2005. Not sure it made any difference but my resume fits on one page now.

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I've heard it. And done it. Much to my chagrin. Because some of the most famous places on my resume happened early on in my career unfortunately.

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My resume starts in the early 2000s. My LinkedIn shows everything.

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I personally don’t hide my age/dates. It’s actually helped with establishing connections with senior clients/colleagues. Just this week had a senior client notice from my LinkedIn that she had worked with me at agency back in 1995!

Now there is caveat to this. The prevailing view in our industry that there is a linear relationship between experience and title. Unfortunately, this means if you have dates from the 90s but your title isn’t senior enough you may well be judged.

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Yeah…I removed all my dates a couple years back. Want them to focus more on the agencies and titles.

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