Perhaps the easiest suggestion: be open to hiring someone over the age of 25. When you read an article like this after seeing all the evidence of discrimination, it's hard to be sympathetic to employers.
I'm attempting to currently move into a junior SWE role after completing a second BS in Computer Science (I'll be done this fall). I'm 31 and my first degree is in finance. This is a major fear of mine.
I haven't really had an issue with this. Though job searching is a little harder as a junior engineer. You can also have your resume start with your second degree.
You'll be fine. Have faith.
Thanks -- I got in my head a bit today after being passed over for two jobs. I appreciate the positive words, even in this anonymous internet form.
Also be open to hiring someone older who's been out of the workforce taking care of elderly parents or similar.
Is it me, or are universities increasingly being expected to act as training and employment agencies for white collar jobs? The cost of job training has been shifted onto employees, and nobody seems to mind.