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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Search the internet and modernize your resume, remove the dates for your degree, include unpaid experiences and volunteer work. Take free online courses to refresh your skills, list certificates from these classes on your resume.  Try applying for lower level Federal government jobs. Great benefits and advancement opportunities. I was in a similar position due to divorce, I was hired by the Fed and advanced pretty quickly, now make six figures. You can do this.[/quote]

OP should give your advice a try, BUT, things are different now.  The "screening" process for federal applications is largely automated, which means if your resumé has a 10 yr gap on it, it doesn't matter how closely your prior experience matches the job, the automated system will kick it out.  Years ago (maybe when PP applied to lower level jobs), an actual human reviewed the applications and might have made certain allowances.  But, now, the computers will kick out applications that don't have the right "code" words on them.  You can't "hide" the dates of college or past jobs just by not listing them on a paper resume.  The  online application forms won't let you proceed unless you fill in the dates.  It's how systemic age discrimination, or even gender discrimination gets baked into the hiring process (i.e. screening out people who have stayed at home with kids -- most likely moms -- most likely female).[/quote]

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