Ive been hearing a growing trend (across industries) about excluding the years you attended and graduating college, portfolio school, and etc. Im a few years older than most of my fellow applicants. Thoughts?

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I’ve done it because I was a lil older than my peers and I had the occasional gap between jobs too

Recruiters seem cool with it when you’re talking to them 1-on-1 BUUUUTTTT online applications still need that information and I believe ATS readers are hip to that trick.

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With the wave of ai-dependent folks coming out of school I’d actually prefer an older creative who came up without the crutch

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