I have some gaps on my resume. So, apparently I am the antichrist.
I told one recruiter about a co-worker I had who had no gaps on his resume. He would come to work and spend the entire day playing games or texting and calling his girlfriend. I am certain he would get chosen for numerous jobs over me even though I am a workaholic.
Gaps are meaningless! The world is too random and using your imagination to imagine the worst when there is a gap on a resume is foolish.
I had one recruiter annoyed with me because I have a large gap on my resume for the time when I was a full-time student in college. I’m not making that up. She wanted an explanation for why I wasn’t working. Recruiters are ridiculous!
Just like with other forms of discrimination people could still judge you silently and withhold a job from you but at least it would stop the harassment by recruiters about gaps.
They want employees who don’t know about the modern job market and will stick it out.
My ex has been in a shitty job for years that doesn’t pay her enough and calls her “salary” so they don’t have to pay for all the overtime, despite her not meeting the qualifications of an exempt employee.
But she’s so afraid of change that she still works there.
That’s what employers want in their staff.