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chromotone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:27 AM Original message |
Over 50 job-seekers: Do you include years on your resume? |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. I tell the truth. I cannot change the facts of my life. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Agreed. I still get lots of interviews, but landing a job is tougher, maybe because I disclose age. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. Instead of putting down 28 years experience, I now put 10+ |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Agree... |
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chromotone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I'll try that! |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Good luck! |
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chromotone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Thanks! |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. we turned down a resume yesterday that had the last 7 years missing |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. And if I've been unemployed for two years, WTF good does your "advice" do? |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. ITA--annoys me that some employers seem to think you should've been working every day since you |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 05:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. It's such a crock of shit. I can't believe anybody posted that. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. so, if you were an employer and a 7 year gap was on a resume, |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
7. I don't put down the years I graduated |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. I can't really do that... |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. 44 here, what I do is |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. actually,years of experience are a plus in my profession(nurse) |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. I've always hated resumes, those exercises in outright lies and hyperbole. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. I include all the dates, all the way back to my first job |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. I never included the year of graduation on resumes when |
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BonnieJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
17. Don't worry about it. |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. I've been leaving off the graduation years for a long time, but |
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