Subj : Re: Software Job Market Myths To : comp.programming,comp.software-eng From : CBFalconer Date : Sat Aug 13 2005 06:14 pm "Peter K." wrote: > Chris Hills writes: > > > It gives no idea of age, qualifications companies worked for etc. > ^^^ > > Age is not a valid piece of information for hiring people in many > parts of the world. At least, an employer can't use it as a deciding > factor when hiring. In the US. Other countries may well have different laws. Even in the US employers can draw age conclusions from experience, etc. and quietly drop you in the circular file. They just can't openly use it as a criterion. This requires careful trimming of the resume to at most the past 30 years. Even then, you will appear to have sprung full grown from the ashes. -- "If you want to post a followup via groups.google.com, don't use the broken "Reply" link at the bottom of the article. Click on "show options" at the top of the article, then click on the "Reply" at the bottom of the article headers." - Keith Thompson .