Leaving Information Off Resume to Combat Age Discrimination

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7. From a rewrite experience, this spring

Rework the resume. If I can do it, anyone can. I feel like more of a whole person.

Objective is gone. Sections are Profile, Highlights, Skills, Experience, Education.

I ditched the highlights. There just aren't any.

Leave degree dates off the education

Only the last 10-15 years are relevant in any section.

Action verbs, no first person.

Profile is kind of a 2 or 3 sentence of what it is you've done. It's a teaser to the rest.

At the end, the sections should have enough words and ideas that bounce off and reinforce one another.

The result is an emerging personality that fits together.

I never did it this way before. Now it makes sense.