How to Get Hired at 70: Step 1: Be 25

He did everything he was supposed to do.

He showed up early. Stayed late. Built a career the long way-through discipline, resilience, and decades of real experience. He believed what he was told: that hard work would lead somewhere, that loyalty mattered, that one day, all that knowledge would be worth something.

Now he's seventy.

And no one will hire him.

Not because he can't do the job-but because he can do it too well, too efficiently, too honestly. His résumé is "impressive," his interviews...