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> In one case, one user who'd been screened out submitted the same application but tweaked the birthdate to make themselves younger. With this change, they land
by spondylosaurus 3y ago
> In one case, one user who'd been screened out submitted the same application but tweaked the birthdate to make themselves younger. With this change, they landed an interview.
Are candidates across the pond expected to put their age in their applications/resumes? Because this is a prime example of why no one seems to in the US... I don't even put the graduation year for my B.A. lest that serve as a proxy.
(Kind of the opposite in my case, but I did have a boss once who noticeably soured on me after he realized (1) how young I was and (2) my salary.)
- flappyeagle 3y agoIt sounds like there’s a human being making this decision not a robot
- MattPalmer1086 3y agoNo, not at all, I'm in the UK. I was always advised never to put my age or birth date. Companies also don't want it as it can open them up to age discrimination claims. Like you, I also removed the dates from my degree and other qualifications.
- eastbound 3y agoSame here in France, but I don’t know whether all companies are afraid of it or whether it’s just because I have an international culture. I’m also very annoyed with the resume that gender students send, pink to see whether we discriminate, but nothing is relevant on those resumes. Of course we reject.