Resume Examples that Avoid Age Discrimination
The following sample resumes address the issue of dates in Work History, Education, and other sections to look the right age — not too old or too young — for the job. Click on the job title to see the whole resume.

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Flight Engineer

Sample Resume for a Job as Flight Engineer This job seeker is returning to the civilian workforce after having served in the military. He used a professional title near the top of his one-page resume instead of the traditional job objective statement. To avoid age discrimination, he did not place dates under Education. Functional resume. [...]

Associate Environmental Specialist for a Courier Company

Sample Resume for a Job as Associate Environmental Specialist for a Courier Company We don’t know how old this job seeker is because he did not list dates under his Education section. He comes across as a hard worker who is holding down two jobs simultaneously — those jobs being the ideal combination to support [...]

Senior Software Engineer

Sample Resume for a Job as Senior Software Engineer This job seeker is currently unemployed and has short-term employment stints, disguised by listing only years (not months) in the Professional Experience section. He wants to remain in the high-tech field, where he has many years under his belt. He avoided age discrimination by listing early [...]

Leadership Trainer through Corporate Experiential Learning and Development

Sample Resume for a Job in Executive Management Organizational Leadership, Team Building, Client Relations, Performance Enhancement, Alliance Building In this resume, the promotions listed near the top of page one send a message that this job seeker’s an achiever. Special care was taken not to reveal her age. At the end of her Professional Experience, [...]

Manufacturer’s Sales Representative in the Fashion Industry

Sample Resume for a Job as a Manufacturer’s Sales Representative in the Fashion Industry This job seeker has a colorful work history filled with job hopping, self-employment, and a gap in employment due to travel. He wants to make a slight career change within the sales field. With no dates in his Education section, it [...]

Broadcast/ Electronics Engineer

Sample Resume for a Job as Broadcast / Electronics Engineer This resume is by a professional who wants to make a vertical career move, combining the best of his experiences in broadcast and electronics. His age is a mystery because there are no dates in his Education section. Chronological resume. Plain Text version of this [...]

Foreign and National News Editor for National News Publication

Sample Resume for a Job as Foreign and National News Editor for a National News Publication This job seeker used a professional job title instead of a job objective statement because he wants to continue in the same profession. Note his two techniques for avoiding age discrimination: he did not list dates under Education, and [...]

Program Coordination and National/ International Promotions

Sample Resume for a job in Program Coordination and National / International Promotions, Working with California Vintners. This resume uses volunteer, college, and travel experience while attending college to demonstrate the applicant’s qualifications for her job objective, which is a career change from the work she performed prior to earning her M.A. Notice how she [...]

Marketing & Product Management

Sample Resume for a job in Marketing and Product Management with Focus on Project Coordination and Team Leadership This impressive resume shows a strong thread of success throughout the job seeker’s advancing career. He listed notable achievements and promotions, yet cleverly disguised his age by not listing dates in his Education section. Combination resume. Plain [...]

Management, Marketing Communications

Sample Resume for a job in Management, Marketing Communications This resume is for someone who is an achiever in his field with a few obstacles to overcome when convincing an employer to hire him. Notice that the most recent entry in his Work History hides the fact that he was actually unemployed while doing several [...]

Employment Specialist

Sample Resume for a job as Employment Specialist This father is re-entering the workforce after 14 years of full-time parenting. He wrote about volunteer and temporary jobs that support his job objective, which is a career change from his pre-parenting days. Because he presented his current volunteer work as a job title, it is not [...]

Employee Training, Focus on Team Building

Sample Resume for a job in Employee Training with a Focus on Team Building This resume lists promotions in the Work History section and uses subheadings in the Professional Experience section to explain where achievements took place. Notice that the job seeker did not place dates in the Education section so as to hide his [...]

Senior Position in the Financial Services industry

Sample Resume for a Senior Position in the Financial Services Industry with a Focus on Operational Management, Team Leadership, and Process Improvements This resume represents a seasoned career professional with promotions within her earliest company and overall advancements within her industry. We learn from the dates in her Professional Experience section that she is at [...]

Business Law Project Manager or Chief Legal/ Administrative Officer

Sample Resume for a job as Business Law Project Manager or Chief Legal/ Administrative Officer This resume shows a long stable work history in the legal profession, filled with promotions. Because there are no dates in the Education section, we can’t tell exactly how old the job seeker is. Chronological resume. Plain Text version of [...]

Executive Management and Supervision

Sample Resume for a job in Executive Management: Organizational Leadership, Team Building, Client Relations, Performance Enhancement, Alliance Building In this resume, the promotions listed near the top of page one send a message that this job seeker’s an achiever. Special care was taken not to reveal her age. At the end of her Professional Experience, [...]

Automotive Service Manager/ Director

Sample Resume for a Job as Automotive Service Manager / Director This resume begins on a confident note with a professional title near the top. Just under the “Relevant Accomplishments” heading, the job seeker gave the name of the employer where all the accomplishments took place. This technique allowed him to take the spotlight off [...]

Logistics Executive: Customer Relations, Distribution, Operations

Sample Resume for a Logistics Executive with Expertise in Customer Relations, Distribution Systems, Retail Services, Strategic Planning, Operations Analysis, Team Leadership With her professional title at the top of the page and so many promotions listed under her one place of employment, it’s evident that this job seeker is a very confident and dedicated professional. [...]

Government Affairs Director

Sample Resume for a Job as Government Affairs Director To downplay this job seeker’s age, he tucked his graduation date between the college degree and the university on each line in his Education section. Functional resume, Plain Text version of this resume for posting online.

Senior Management with a Pre-IPO Startup in Telecommunications

Sample Resume for a job in Senior Management with a Pre-IPO Startup in Telecommunications This entrepreneurial professional has a thread of success running throughout his career of executive management. He chose not to reveal his age by not listing dates under Education. Chronological resume. E-resume version of this resume for posting online. This resume was [...]

Senior Executive for a Financial Services Technology Company

Sample Resume for a job as Senior Executive for a Financial Services Technology Company Although this resume dates back 23 years, we don’t know how old the job seeker is because she didn’t list dates under Education. Her work history is filled with promotions and she is recently self-employed, which she downplayed by listing her [...]

Senior Manager in Transportation Logistics

Sample Resume for a job as Senior Manager in Transportation Logistics The seasoned professional behind this resume has a solid career history. Although it is lengthy, it’s inviting to read because of her quantified results. The Additional Professional Experience section allowed her to include more relevant qualifications without listing earlier dates, which might have indicated [...]

VP or Director of Product Management in the Publishing/ Information Industry

Sample Resume for a Job as VP or Director of Product Management in the Publishing/ Information Industry Although some may look at this resume and think it’s for a “job hopper,” in the high-tech industry this applicant is more commonly referred to as a “fast-tracker.” Notice how he zoomed through his career with promotions (page [...]

Executive Manager or Director of Major Business Projects/ Initiatives

Sample Resume for a job as an Executive Manager or Director of Major Business Projects/Initiatives This resume presents the stellar work history of a woman who has succeeded throughout her executive career. Her promotions within organizations are listed prominently along with lots of quantifiable accomplishments. Notice how she tucked the graduation date into the middle [...]

Librarian in an Academic Setting

Sample Resume for a Job as Librarian in an Academic Setting with Special Interest in the Arts and Humanities This librarian is currently unemployed because she is re-entering the workforce after several years as a full-time parent. She highlighted her MLS degree by placing the Education section near the top of page one, and avoided [...]

University Registrar

Sample Resume for a job as University Registrar This career professional started as Office Clerk and now seeks a job as University Registrar. His resume demonstrates how to list promotions within an organization (see page two). Because he didn’t want to disclose his age, he went back only 16 years in his work experience and [...]

Program Director, Business Management in Adult Education

Sample Resume for a job as Program Director, Business Management in an Adult Education Environment This career climber presented her qualifications in such an organized and easy-to-read resume that you almost don’t notice that she eliminated dates from her Education section so as not to disclose her age. Combination resume. E-resume version of this resume [...]

IT Professional

Sample Resume for a Job as an IT Professional For an IT professional, short-term jobs are common. This job seeker disguised a one-year employment gap by referring to consulting work he did during that time. He avoided disclosing his age by not listing dates under Education. Chronological resume. E-resume version of this resume for posting [...]

Administrative Position in a University Setting

Sample Resume for a job as an Administrative Position in a University Setting This job seeker wants to make a vertical career move. She is concerned about age discrimination, so she chose not to list dates in her Education section, which might tip off the employer as to her approximate age. This resume was written [...]

Generalist Position in Human Resources

Sample Resume for a job as Generalist in Human Resources This career changer wanted to highlight his transferable skills by creating subheadings under the Relevant Experience section. Because his relevant experience came from one place of employment, he listed that employer at the top of the Experience section. Within his Work History section he mentioned [...]

Administrative Assistant

Sample Resume for a Job as Administrative Assistant From the dates on this resume, we can tell that the job seeker is at least 31 years old. However, there are no dates listed in his Education section, so he might be older. Combination resume. Plain Text version of this resume for posting online.

Personal Assistant / Office Manager

Sample Resume for a Job as Personal Assistant / Office Manager This resume makes it easy for an employer to see that this loyal job seeker is dedicated to advancing her career. She has extensive experience but was careful not to reveal her age by putting no dates in her Education section and by creating [...]

Executive Assistant

Sample Resume for a Job as Executive Assistant This Executive Assistant used her professional title near the top of her resume instead of writing a job objective statement. Her long career in this occupation allowed her to do this confidently. By listing the two job titles she held with her current employer, she demonstrated that [...]
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