I'm too Old:   Dealing with Age on a Job Search

How do you deal with being too old? 

You don’t.

If you raise it, it becomes an issue. 

If you leave dates and the early part of your career off your resume, you’ve just brought attention to your age. (You’re clearly trying to hide something by doing this - either your age or a choppy job record - so you’ve automatically made your age an issue.)  If you say something that is designed to make your age look like an asset, like “I bring lots of experience that a 38-year-old won’t have”, or worse, “I’m in great shape – my doctor told me I have the body of a 45-year-old …”, you’ve just made your age an issue. Don’t do any apologizing.