Resumes and Chronology

Richard S · August 2003

How far back should a resume go? 10, 20, 30, 40years? Doesn't going back 30 or 40 years create age discrimination problems?

Hunter1 · August 2003

It's only an age discrimination problem if the employer uses it to discriminate. I don't know how you get around it. If a person worked for their last employer for 30 years, it's going to be pretty hard not to give some hint of age. I think a resume goes back as far as there's useful information. If the employer wants go back more than that, they can ask.

Margaret Morford · August 2003

Don't forget the prospective employee chooses in his/her resume how far back to go. If you're the employer interviewing, I usually ask back no more than 10 years and sometimes not that far. If they have held the same job for ten years, check out what their progression has been within that organization. Have they been promoted regularly, etc.?

Margaret Morford
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Richard S · August 2003

Thank you both. You have given me the exact answers I was looking for.
RS

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