"When she hired a resume consultant for advice on getting her applications noticed, she expected she'd get formatting hacks or a crash course in keywords. Instead, the expert told Lily to scrub all but the last decade from her CV and LinkedIn page, effectively erasing more than half of her 25-year career history and her college graduation date. It was less about streamlining her qualifications than lying by omission."
"Though she felt conflicted about it, Lily - who is now 48 and using a pseudonym to prevent professional retribution - went ahead with the recommended edits. The interviews immediately started rolling in. "It was like all of a sudden, the sun came out and everything cleared up," she says. Across TikTok, LinkedIn, and wherever resume advice is on offer, jobseekers are being urged to hide their ages to get hired. More and more workers, such as Lily, are heeding the recommendation."
Lily, a 48-year-old marketing strategist in Montreal, removed work older than a decade and her college graduation date from her CV and LinkedIn after a resume consultant recommended appearing younger. After the edits, interview requests increased dramatically. Social platforms such as TikTok and LinkedIn feature frequent advice urging jobseekers to hide their ages to improve hiring prospects. Many midcareer workers and women are adopting those tactics. Workplace ageism has long affected older employees, but a white-collar recession has lowered perceived age thresholds. Glassdoor reported a 133% year-over-year increase in jobseekers' mentions of ageism between Q1 2024 and Q1 2025.
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