1) I'm assuming if you're old enough to want to keep years off your education, then you're probably old enough that you're not putting work history from your ea

1) I'm assuming if you're old enough to want to keep years off your education, then you're probably old enough that you're not putting work history from your early/mid 20's on your resume. Maybe you're 40 and only need to put your last 10 years to show relevant work history. This probably varies a lot person to person, but for me it works very well. 2) Getting an interview is all a resume is good for in the first place. Now they've invested their time in you and you have a chance to sell yourself. 3) Same here, but even people who "know" me professionally don't necessarily know my age. I certainly don't know all of their ages! Plus if they know you, they already have an incentive to care less about your age.