Recruiter asked what year I graduated from college

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Anonymous wrote:Don't you have that on your resume? I don't have that on Linkedin (I graduate in 2010), but I have it on my resume. They want to know how much experience you have.

Resumes should outline the relevant experience.

If I goofed off for a year after graduation or took two years to pursue another industry, these are years but not relevant experiences.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If they had to ask, that means you didn’t put it on your resume, and that means you’re over 40.
They don’t really even have to ask when your resume is a tell. He’s just trying to figure out if you’re 40s or 50s.

I am 35, I dated my master of accounting degree. It’s clear the YOE is 12 years. My undergrad is a no name school I figured it didn’t add much value to have all the details. I have no idea it implies I am over 40.

If you’re only 35 I’d put the undergrad on there. Even if no name, no one cares. Better to have a full shot at all your opportunities than to be knocked off the pile on an assumption. And yes, no grad date = many would infer over 40 and that you’ve just left the early career stuff off the resume.

This is fascinating. I dropped my year off when I turned 34, but as a tactic to apply for more senior roles. I didn't want people to think that I was too young. And I think that it's really worked because I landed my first senior level position right after I did that. I thought that it was a coincidence, but clearly it was something that recruiters/hiring panels were looking at.

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Anonymous wrote:Feels like an alternate way of asking how old.

Am I over thinking? Ageism comes sooner than we realize.

You hid an obvios fact from your resume?

Agree. It's weird. Dh is 50 and I am 46. We always have this on our resume.

See how it goes if you are looking for a job after turning 50.