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    1911 months ago

    Don’t put your age. It can lead to unintentional (or intentional) age discrimination and it’s better for your experience to be the focus.

    Age isn’t a factor in hiring, so there’s no need to put it on there. It could only be a detriment to the applicant.

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      711 months ago

      It’s generally not hard to figure out someone’s age if their work and education history is listed

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        311 months ago

        Some of us don’t clutter up our resumes with every job we’ve ever had. My resume lists nothing irrelevant to my current career. I was well into adulthood at that time. Who cares where I went to highschool? It demonstrates respect for the time of the person tasked with reading a stack of resumes to not waste their time.

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          211 months ago

          People probably don’t care where you went to high school, but they probably care if you have a degree and when you got it. Most people go to university within a few years of finishing high school.

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            011 months ago

            According to US statistics, “overall college enrollment rate of 18- to 24-year-olds (ages in which students traditionally enroll in college) was 38 percent in 2021”.

            So if by “most people” you mean, “less than half” then yes you are correct.

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              111 months ago

              Most people who have a higher education degree. I thought that was implied as you even mentioned it in your comment “ages in which students traditionally enroll in college”.