Don writes:
Some of my best experience happened while working for a company from 1973 to 1987. Listing the dates of employment dates me. It seems that so many companies are looking for younger staff, but still want experience. How do I get around this on a “first pass?”
The Career Doctor responds:
Even if it’s your best experience, most hiring managers will consider this experience to be too dated to be of much value today. At one time, I would have advised you to leave it off your resume to avoid exposure to age discrimination, but in these days of background checks, I have tempered that advice some. List it on your resume in a “Past Experience” section. List it in bare-bones fashion, possibly without dates. Give it a bullet or two of description, but tell the reader more info is available upon request.
