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Rosana Francescato's avatar

Great tips, and I love the recommendation! Sometimes I worry that not putting my college graduation date on my profile will make people think I must be old. But I still don't include it. And I don't include my first couple jobs, because they were so long ago and aren't really relevant.

When I made a career change in my fifties I was worried I'd encounter ageism. I didn't at the time (and I also looked younger than I was, which may have helped, and worked in tech), but I feel like I have now and then since then. However, I do find that a lot of people appreciate my experience. My main client right now is over 20 years younger than me but super mature and also respects me.

I did have a funny experience recently with another consultant who was showing me how to use a website for a client. I'm pretty experienced with WordPress, and he told me that their tool was even easier to use — so easy that his 69-year-old mom could do it! I'm 61, but thanks to Zoom filters he likely had no clue. ;-) (Also, I thought he looked too old to have a 69-year-old mom — ha!) Now, if I'd been his boss I would have had a talk with him about not being ageist at work, but as it was, I let it go.

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Eric's avatar

For jobhunting, I use an email thru a smaller Internet service provider that frees me from getting judged by my email domain. I still have an ancient yahoo.com address that's likely so uncool it's now retro, but that one is mostly for providing to store clerks who demand an email address.

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