Difficulty explaining employment gaps in interviews
Job seekers who took time off for caregiving struggle to phrase gaps, causing interview anxiety
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- Finally used that script I'd been practicing out loud for the resume gap question. Got through the whole thing in the interview without my voice shaking this time, actually felt good walking out of there. Email came back two days later. Not even a real rejection, just 'the role has been placed on hold while we reassess headcount.' Third time this month I've heard some version of that line from a…
- How do you actually explain a resume gap without sounding like you're apologizing for your own life. Took fourteen months off to take care of my mom after her stroke and now every interview gets to that one line on the timeline and I can feel the energy in the room change. I've tried three different ways of phrasing it and none of them land right. Does anything exist that helps you actually…