@NewtonMark also worth noting that the year of completion for degrees completed when you were young can be a proxy for employers to work out your age

@joannaholman @NewtonMark It's all very well excising age clues from a resume, but at the point at which a company conducts qualification verification and a face-to-face interview, the game of hide-and-seek is up.

One could argue that the most optimal thing you can do is identify your age upfront so they can apply age discrimination immediately rather than waste your time with the prelude game.