How to Explain Your Employment Gap Without Hurting Your Chances of Getting the JobBy Jenny Foss
Before we learn to frame a suitable response, let’s first try to understand the reason behind employers’ decision to ask this question. S Pasupathi, Chief Operating Officer, HirePro, a recruitment automation and assessment solution provider, says while enquiring about emplo...
This is clearly the hardest situation to discuss. No one wants to talk about what caused them to get fired from a previous position. But what you can, and should, do is talk about that employment gap in an open and honest way. You don’t need to come right out and say, “I was ...
I'm sure many of us have sat through interviews where someone's asked us to explain why we took time off from our studies or employment. It's often an uncomfortable question because, traditionally, it has been considered taboo to take time off during one’s education or career path—even ...
There's no reason to dwell on your employment gap. Sure, it's right there on your resume, so prepare to address it, but don't feel as though you need to acknowledge it for more than a minute or two. Again, offer an explanation, highlight the positive outcomes of your decision, and...
2. A Solid Plan to Explain Gaps in Employment Imagine you’re in an interview. Across the conference table sit three hiring managers. On the wall behind them is a poster of an eagle that says, Leadership. Then they ask the dreaded question: “What’s this job gap here?” The skin beh...
Are you sitting at the computer ready to create the stellar resume, yet scratching your head figuring out what to do with burdensomeemployment gaps?Life is stressful enough without worrying about how to explain that time of unemployment to the interviewer. The current economy doesn’t help matter...
The biggest thing to remember about explaining an employment gap during an interview is that you do not need to give specific details on anything. If prompted, you may want to expand on any questions they may ask. This part of the interview, however, is not the most important.Focus...
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He likes to tell the vendor's CEO their company is likely to be in the finals and ask, if the buyer raises an issue that could be a deal killer, whether the vendor's account executive can call the CEO directly. "They want the transaction, make no mistake about that," Sommer said. ...