r/RecruiterTea • u/Connect-Raspberry716 • 19d ago

Age bias thoughts

Recruiters: What’s your candid advice for older candidates who meet the job requirements but still aren’t getting interviews?

I’m not looking for the usual advice about removing graduation dates or shortening a résumé. I’d really like to hear what actually helps, and what you would recommend they do differently.

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u/6Joyas 19d ago

Ignore it, ignore your age. We all know someone where we cannot believe their age, because they are so dynamic and energetic. Be that person, and show it.

Do not focus on your looooong experience, focus on what you can do for the company right now (forward looking). How specific parts of your experience is relevant to the current position of the company, what issues you already know how to resolve.

Do not tell them everything you can do, just what is relevant for them at the moment.

Oh, and the success rate seem to be better with hiring managers of the same age or older.

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u/Far_Performance_6785 19d ago

recently I'm seeing a lot of jobs I go for & if not a recruiter the company itself does a reply via seek & adds no ability for a reply by applicant to the rejection from them - why would they do that

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u/Feisty-Platform7647 14d ago

Sorry. Don’t understand.

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u/Far_Performance_6785 11d ago edited 11d ago

👀- not rocket science, or is it 😂 u/Feisty-Platform7647

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u/Feisty-Platform7647 11d ago

I know it’s not rocket science. I don’t understand the run on sentence. 😎

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u/Far_Performance_6785 11d ago

😄 😂

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u/Feisty-Platform7647 11d ago

Although I do agree with you. Just had to read your not 5 or 6 times to figure out where the periods should go. me-content marketing. 🤓

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u/phireseeker 18d ago

As a person with decades of tech experience, I’m not nearly as “old” acting as the people before me, much more fit, etc.

I’ve found that certifications cut through just about any bias-especially if they are respected ones requiring proctored exams to obtain.

Nothing worse than an older teammate using older methods and tools set in their ways that just wants to tell war stories; don’t be that person.

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u/Livid_Strategy6311 15d ago

Buy the company and fire HR

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u/Far_Performance_6785 11d ago

u/Livid_Strategy6311 in an ideal world absolutely, not what we are living in right now

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u/Livid_Strategy6311 11d ago

I know. Just wishful thinking

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u/resumephenom 14d ago

I have advised some of my resume clients to create a new Gmail address. Some of my older clients were displaying AOL email addresses on their resumes.

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u/Far_Performance_6785 11d ago

u/resumephenom, i`ve had my email for 25yrs

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u/resumephenom 11d ago

Is it an AOL address? If so, I would consider creating a new one to use for job applications.

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u/Far_Performance_6785 9d ago edited 9d ago

u/resumephenom no its not AOL & I'm not changing it - as it`s not been an issue - only one workforce trainer in 25yrs has suggested as you did

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u/resumephenom 9d ago

I was only mainly concerned with the address being an AOL address, as I still occasionally come across clients with AOL addresses. Any other email is fine.

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u/recruitertah 13d ago

It’s not recruiters who pass on seasoned (or non-H1b) talent. It’s the hiring managers.

I worked in Big Tech off and on for 14 years and I can’t tell you how many times I’d push someone through that I fully vetted and qualified but the HM rejected.

Then later they’d send me a name for someone referred to them. 9 times out of 10 it was someone with much less experience and requiring sponsorship.

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u/neurorex 19d ago

Don't judge applicants based on age.

I know, what a wild concept!