Anonymous
Post 01/10/2025 07:30     Subject: 50 and facing ageism
Anonymous wrote:It's all about who you know. Network, use Linked In, and go to coffee with anyone and everyone in you know. Tell everyone you are looking. Talk about experiences interests, etc. It's connections that get jobs, not randomly applying


+1. At 50, if you are an expert in the field, you have to rely on your connections.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2025 06:16     Subject: 50 and facing ageism
It's all about who you know. Network, use Linked In, and go to coffee with anyone and everyone in you know. Tell everyone you are looking. Talk about experiences interests, etc. It's connections that get jobs, not randomly applying
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2025 04:18     Subject: 50 and facing ageism
Anonymous wrote:Yes but don’t give up and target your search better. You HAVE to modernize your resume - remove dates on your education. List only the most relevant roles from the last 12-15 years. List only credentials that are relevant (and not obsolete in your industry). Update your LinkedIn to match. Use an AI generated photo. If your image is from corporate America in 1999 with a marble background, you look old. Remove obsolete technologies (ie Lotus Notes). I’ve looked at profiles of applicants and feel great about them and their experience. I’ve looked at profiles of applicants similar age who come across like a grandma. Have someone you than you give you feedback on both your resume and LinkedIn.

And then you need to research the company. I worked at a F500 where 45 was OLD. I moved to an industry where a bunch of people stayed past 60. Find a company where age isn’t a hurdle.


What about simplifying resume, the trend is fancy formats but parsing by applicant tracking systems and AI may glitch

https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/jakes-resume/syzfjbzwjncs
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2025 04:10     Subject: 50 and facing ageism
Anonymous wrote:Change your email from yahoo to gmail. Trust.


So is having my own domain a positive or a negative…
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2025 20:28     Subject: 50 and facing ageism
Anonymous wrote:It's probably salary requirements more than age


I was OK taking a big pay cut but they can figure out how old you are and much you used to make based on your resume.

A potential employer may assume that a 50 year old signing on for 2/3 of what they used to make will be out the door as soon as get an offer closer to their old pay.
The hook is that I won't get that "better offer" until I move from "looking for work after a layoff" to "currently employed".
That potential employer might be right not to hire me.

It is a bit of a trap.

Do your research on potential employers. Have people scrub and polish your resume to 2025. Make sure to have some short stories to tell. Work your network and good luck to you!
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2025 19:39     Subject: 50 and facing ageism
Change your email from yahoo to gmail. Trust.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2025 19:28     Subject: 50 and facing ageism
Yes but don’t give up and target your search better. You HAVE to modernize your resume - remove dates on your education. List only the most relevant roles from the last 12-15 years. List only credentials that are relevant (and not obsolete in your industry). Update your LinkedIn to match. Use an AI generated photo. If your image is from corporate America in 1999 with a marble background, you look old. Remove obsolete technologies (ie Lotus Notes). I’ve looked at profiles of applicants and feel great about them and their experience. I’ve looked at profiles of applicants similar age who come across like a grandma. Have someone you than you give you feedback on both your resume and LinkedIn.

And then you need to research the company. I worked at a F500 where 45 was OLD. I moved to an industry where a bunch of people stayed past 60. Find a company where age isn’t a hurdle.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2025 19:24     Subject: 50 and facing ageism
Anonymous wrote:It's probably salary requirements more than age


These applicants are happy with Fed salaries which pay squat. It’s not about pay.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2025 19:18     Subject: 50 and facing ageism
It's probably salary requirements more than age
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2025 19:03     Subject: 50 and facing ageism
Anonymous wrote:I am highly skilled and considered an expert in my field, yet cant seem to even get a reply to job applications. Is it my age?


Ha ha ha. Yes.

I was a very desirable employee until I turned 50, and after that no one would hire me. I never got interviews. I basically gave up applying for jobs. It was pointless.

This doesn't happen to everyone, but my field was contracting, and I was highly paid, very experienced. But they could choose whomever they wanted, and they wanted younger people. I know this because every job I applied for was filled by someone younger. I checked.

Sad, but true. No one told me this would happen to me. I still can't believe it. I'm employed, but I shifted to a new career, which was costly and difficult, and I don't make as much money as I did before. But the work is interesting, and I'm doing OK.

Sucks, OP, but this is the world we live in. Youth rules!
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2025 18:59     Subject: 50 and facing ageism
Anonymous wrote:Someone born 1975 is now 50 hardly old at all. In fact given retirement age is now 67 they will be working till 2042.

Jennifer Lopez, Paul Rudd and and Jennifer Aniston are all 55 years old.

It is your attitude, how you dress, staying current is key.

I work with 35 year olds who are dinosaurs stuck in their ways already talking about retirement and I work with 60 year olds who are go go go and hip.

So it is not just age, it is more than that.


WTAF J1 dude. Rudd? Aniston? Talk about survivor bias.

A HIP 60 year old is a tragedy. Talk about try hard. Probably buddies with a VP, it’s not about staying current or how you dress.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2025 17:32     Subject: Re:50 and facing ageism
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you don't get an interview, it is your resume. How do people know how old you are if you don't list jobs from 20 years ago?


AI is trained to recognize things. I don't know the specifics, but think about a person who leaves off the early years of their career. Resume starts with a much higher level of job that straight out of college type job. That alone is a red flag for someone who is trying to seem younger.


It sees our double space after a period…


What? People don’t do that anymore?


Ppl dropped the period altogether.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2025 17:28     Subject: Re:50 and facing ageism
We just had two teachers quit over break. You could get hired in a school, any school. Just apply.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2025 17:02     Subject: 50 and facing ageism
Yes it's ageism masquerading as cheapness.
Try governments.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2025 16:49     Subject: Re:50 and facing ageism
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you don't get an interview, it is your resume. How do people know how old you are if you don't list jobs from 20 years ago?


AI is trained to recognize things. I don't know the specifics, but think about a person who leaves off the early years of their career. Resume starts with a much higher level of job that straight out of college type job. That alone is a red flag for someone who is trying to seem younger.


Many of them force you to put dates in when you went to college. Yeah, its ageism