How important or not is a candidate's age to you? I'm trying to figure out where I'm hitting a roadblock, because I'm finding it incredibly hard to find a job. There are times I think maybe I should remove my graduation year or take off a few of my experiences because I worry my age is a deterrent. Do recruiters/HR personnel care or check age as much as I think they do?

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As someone who has worked years in staffing and HR before my current role I strongly advise you to remove your year of graduation from your resume. Just list your degree and where it’s from.

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Take off your graduation year if you feel like it’s hurting you. If your experience is giving overqualified, that can be an entirely different issue to consider. It’s discrimination to consider age like that, not to say it never happens, but if somebody is ethically doing their job, it shouldn’t be coming up.

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100% irrelevant.

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Age discrimination is definitely real!

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It matters depending on the position. The jobs that require constant evolution and adaptation to new technology tend to lean me towards younger candidates, but when I need raw experience, the older candidates are my first pick, for sure.

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So older people are incapable of understanding technology. Because you say so. Got it.

You are a HUGE liability to your company.

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I was advised to take off my grad dates and only keep the last 10ish years of experience from your resume

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Only important in terms of ensuring I do not get hit with a penalty/fine for age discrimination.

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Yeah you are right. Some companies consider age related factors in hiring process. Sadly but true.

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I have removed the graduation year for all of my degrees. Sometimes if that employer is looking for someone to fit in with their culture and the culture happens to be a younger one then age plays a factor.

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You should absolutely NOT have your graduation years in your resume, and if your career is longer than 20 years, you should absolutely remove any experience beyond that. Ageism is real -- see the response from HR 1 below for proof.

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