Hiring Truth For The40+ Professional.
How age bias shows up in postings, screens and interviews, and how to counter it instead of just naming it. No filter.
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Nobody says your age. They say not current.
Ageism Nobody says your age. They say not current. Age almost never gets said out loud in a hiring debrief. What gets said is that you seem not current, and a personal brand is just a short trail of dated, public evidence that makes that…
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Over 40, pushed out, and can’t get hired
The post discusses ageism in the hiring process, revealing that biases often manifest through vague objections rather than explicit age discrimination. It highlights how resumes can inadvertently reinforce these biases by including details of graduation dates and lengthy work histories. The content emphasizes strategies for…
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What actually dates your resume (it isn’t your grad year)
The graduation year is the least of it. What dates your resume is a stack of formatting habits that read as not current, and you can delete every one of them without lying about a single thing.