💼 How to Write a Resume After 50 (AARP Article)

[Winter2024]

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Tips that help you show your skills and avoid age bias.

By Kenneth Terrell, AARP. Published October 11, 2024.

Your résumé is the key that unlocks job opportunities, but those doors will open only if your résumé is the right fit. That’s especially true for older job seekers, who often run into age bias when applying for work.

Though federal, state and local laws make it illegal to discriminate based on age during the hiring process, older workers can still face hurdles when it comes to getting hired. Nearly 1 in 6 adults age 50 and older (14 percent) said they weren’t hired for a job due to their age, according to a 2022 survey from AARP Research. A 2024 Transamerica Institute survey found that 35 percent of employers said there is an age when applicants are too old, and many of them identified 58 as the “too-old-to-hire" age.

https://www.aarp.org/work/job-search/resume-writing-after-50/