Re:When the Jobless Become the Unemployable
by hga on Friday December 03, 2010 @09:41PM
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Or more like 35-40 from what I've head, seen and experienced.
In my case, I was able to unintentionally run a bit of an experiment: starting around 35 or so I found it harder and harder to get work ... until I scrubbed my resume of all evidence of my age, which worked since I don't look my age and generally remembered to not talk about programming PDP-11s in interviews ^_^.
I did this in the middle of a job hunt and the change in responses was remarkable.
In my case, I was able to unintentionally run a bit of an experiment: starting around 35 or so I found it harder and harder to get work ... until I scrubbed my resume of all evidence of my age, which worked since I don't look my age and generally remembered to not talk about programming PDP-11s in interviews ^_^.
I did this in the middle of a job hunt and the change in responses was remarkable.