Years ago the more experience the better. Employers preferred someone older with the most experience. It's totally the opposite in today's job market, Employers don't want to see 20 years experience on your resume. Most get deleted when they see that and this is why. First it indicates that you are older at least in your 40's. With many years experience you will expect high or at least decent pay and benefits. Last they figure they probably won't be able to get you to do things the way they want because you've been doing them a certain way for so many years. I had applied at a company named Aerotech in CA back in 2006 and was interviewed by two snobby young guys in their late 20's. The one interviewer told me they prefer to hire younger people with just a few years experience that are not set in their ways of doing things. They want to be able to train them in the way they want things done not how they have been doing it which may be the wrong way. Needless to say I wasn't hired at Aerotech. After that happened I took some of the experience off my resume and then got a few interviews but when I went to the interviews and they saw I was in my late 40's the interview was basically over. Fact is all these G-damn employers are ONLY looking for people ages 20 to 30 now because they know the true amount of unemployed is massive, 4 times the BS Collecting Benefits Only rate our corrupt as Hell government tries to claim to make themselves look good