I'm in my 50s and working on my resume. I keep hearing I should only show the last 15-20 years of work and leave off my college graduation date to avoid age discrimination. But when I do this, interviewers seem caught off guard by my age when we meet and sometimes ask awkward questions about my full work history or when I graduated. It makes for an uncomfortable start to interviews. If you're going through this, what's working for you?

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I've found that focusing on 5-10 years of relevant or 15-20 if you've been at the same company, keeps my resume strong. I just address the gap by including a brief line in my cover letter or summary section like "Seasoned professional with x+ years of experience". This way they know the most relevant experience without listing everything.
If I can, I also just try to redirect the conversation to my skills than focusing on my age because they really shouldn't be doing that.

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I keep mine to the last 8 years and leave off the years I graduated as well. Thankfully, I haven't had your experience though and I don't know how I would handle that. We all know age discrimination is a thing, but having to address it during an interview and attempt to remain professional would be a challenge for me.

I would definitely remove the date of your graduation and highlight the past ten years of experience. Has someone asked you what year you graduated? That would give me some concern.

Definitely a red flag if they’re asking you about the year you graduated.

I’m still figuring this out myself, but lately I’ve started adding a short line at the bottom of my resume that says, "Full career history available upon request." That way, it doesn’t feel like I’m hiding anything, but I’m still keeping the resume concise.

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