RE: Job market and potential age discrimination?

Subject: RE: Job market and potential age discrimination?
From: Holly Gallup <hgallup -at- bigfoot -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 12:22:04 -0700


Chris La Porte" <cpldll -at- earthlink -dot- net> wrote:
>During a recent lunch with several tech writers, one person said a hiring
>manager actually admitted that the company would not hire anyone over 25.
....
>I have read some advice which suggests more experienced people should not
>put more than ten years experience on a chronological resume, or they should
>use a functional resume instead of a chronological one. Does anyone have a
>take on this idea?

I've been told by more than on HR type (and face it, we often have to get
our resumes past these gatekeepers) that a strictly functional resume
screams "I've got something to hide."

My resume is a hybrid of functional and chronological. This lets me put
whatever relevant accomplishments I want in the "functional" section,
regardless of when in my career I achieved them. The chronological
list--which is just job title, employer, and dates--lists only the last 15
years. I'd like to chop that down, but the oldest job on the current list
lasted 9 years, and the resume looks a little odd without it.



Holly Gallup
High Desert Documentation Services
hgallup -at- bigfoot -dot- com


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