I haven't been actively searching for about 9 months now, but it was already slow back then and the number of recruiters randomly contacting me has dropped off a ton in the last 6 months so I'm guessing it's even worse. I have a similar problem to supa, apparently I look younger than I should for the amount of experience I have and it can be difficult to get people to understand I'm not entry level which probably doesn't help.
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Originally Posted by Badhobz
I’m also very certain this ageism thing is real. They look at what year you graduated and instantly NOPE you out if you’re 40+. I guess they figure anyone who’s 40+ should already have their career path set and if they seek an entry into a different field they’ll instantly reject it.
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Take the year off the resume. Part of my severance thing when I got laid off last year was some input from a company that helps you find a job and they completely reworked my resume and provided input on my LinkedIn profile and all that jazz, and it was very different from how I had it before.
They want to be searching on every site they can find as well. A lot of them may not be relevant to their industry but there should still be a bunch to be looking though and setting up alerts on.