Many people looking for executive level positions have been working in their field for many years. Some companies look for an executive who isn’t close to retirement, as they value longevity, and unfortunately it can be tough for an experienced executive to land a job at these companies.

Of course, you know you’re not planning on walking away from your career anytime soon, but it’s sometimes hard to explain this to employers, which for many means disguising their age until they’re able to get to the interview. If this is something you’d like to try in your resume, here are some tips to consider:

Exclude Some Specifics of Your Professional Employment

One trick that you can use to disguise your age on your executive resume is to structure your professional employment so that it doesn’t focus on specific dates. For instance, if you’ve been working for over 20 years, you might summarize some of your early experience at the end of your resume – without dates – rather than including every job you’ve had chronologically.

Another option you have is to not mention the early years at all, unless they’re so impressive that you just can’t leave them out. For instance, if you worked in retail at a local department store and your latest job was president of the department store nationally, you might want to include this to show your fast progression throughout your career. If you’re trying to avoid showing your age, however, this link is too tenuous to include, as it doesn’t necessarily show your executive strength and it quite clearly gives away how old you are.

Exclude Dates for Your Education

Another exclusion you might consider for your resume is your graduation dates. By the time you’ve reached the executive level, the amount of knowledge, training and skills you’ve acquired probably far outweigh the education you received in 1968.

New technology has surfaced that wasn’t even thought of back then so there’s no way your schooling could have trained you for everything you know now. This isn’t to discredit or downplay what you’d learned at college, but remember that most of what’s helped you through the years was a form of on-the-job training. Telling an employer the exact date of your graduation unnecessarily shows your age, although it’s important to mention all the education you’ve picked up–just leave out exact dates.

When You Get to Your Interview …

So now you’ve been called in for an interview and you’re a little worried about becoming a victim of age bias. You should keep in mind, however, that the job interview is where you can really prove yourself. You are a strong candidate with tons of experience, so this is the time to showcase your knowledge, commitment to the organization, impressive ROIs and more.

Don’t let your age slow you down from getting the job you want. Your age can be a very positive thing, as older executives have more experience, skills, and accomplishments. If you don’t forget this as you write your resume and go to your interview, you should be able to snag a great position in no time.