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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm sorry for your situation. I am also 51 and dye my hair. FWIW, I was recently hired into a new job and most of my coworkers are a lot younger than me. I've been told I look younger than my age, and I try to dress and act youngish. Maybe this has helped me, I don't know?

Can you start your own business? Is moving to another locale an option?

Good luck to you.[/quote]

How did you find a new job at 51? Do you think your age made a difference when you were looking? Did you decide to dye your hair before looking for a new job?

I'm not sure how to hide my age. My experience is what I have to sell. I've held a number of positions at my company, each with increasing responsibility (until now!). Anyone looking at my resume could guess at my age. I deleted the years I graduated from college and grad school, and I deleted a few of my earliest jobs.

But isn't a lack of a graduation date on a resume a sure sign that someone's trying to hide their age?

Moving is a possibility as long as it's on the East Coast, but again, without contacts, I'm not sure how to go about that. I have a few contacts in New York, but many are in the same predicament I am. None is in a position to help me, alas. It's very hard to network in other cities. Here, at least I can meet people for lunch or coffee, but I can't run off to Boston or Philly to grab a drink after work.

What am I missing here? I feel like I've fallen down a hole. Or has my age caught up with me? [/quote]

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