Granted, I taught resume writing in the business writing course I taught nearly 15 years ago at my former community college job, so I KNOW resumes' formats and content evolve and change over time.

But 2019's "suggestions" by so-called "resume experts" seems catch-22 to me:

• Don't include dates for your jobs
• Don't include dates for your college or high school graduation
• Don't put your college degree on your resume
• Don't write an objective
• Do write a professional summary
• Don't include computer proficiency
• Don't include education
• Don't include work experience that's older than 10 years
• Write about your achievements, not about what you did in each of your job descriptions
• Don't have more than 2 bullet points
• Include a headline under each job title that summarizes your job, then put 2 bullet points

So, about the "don't includes dates" advice on the resume. How is a prospective employer supposed to know if you're telling the truth or totally lying?

I get that a lot of employers discriminate by age (a 20-something recruiter told me on Friday over the phone that some of his agency's clients request only 20-something admins, which is blatant age discrimination). But a resume without dates seems like a useless piece of paper?

Any advice for an old lady (48) like me, who is trying to reformat her resume?

Anyone?