From the course: Resume Makeover
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Address a gap or current unemployment on your resume
From the course: Resume Makeover
Address a gap or current unemployment on your resume
- I've got some strangely good news for you if you're worrying about a career gap or currently unemployed. Your situation is not unique, not uncommon, and thanks in part to the gazillion people who lost their jobs through the global pandemic, not the stigma that it perhaps once was. And while I've long felt that no one should have to feel sheepish or apologetic about taking time off or losing their jobs, I understand this reality. The good news is that I've seen the stigma around gaps and layoffs diminishing over the past couple of years. In fact, today, it's fairly common for me to write resumes that include a job in the experience section called something like Intentional Career Break, or to add a line in the job that follows a career gap that goes something like, following an unplanned layoff, accepted a role as an account manager for this well-known technology brand. My point here is this: if you think there's something…
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