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.

  • hightrix@lemmy.world
    92·
    7 months ago

    Yeah. That is silly. Job hopping every 2-3 years is perfectly normal and expected. That said, job hopping every 6-9 months is a big red flag. When I find I hate a new job, I try to stick it out until the 1.5 yr mark, as that’s about the minimum before it starts to look bad.

    • ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world
      8·
      7 months ago

      The advice I heard (which, granted, was given in the context of moving around internally to my command) was that you’ll hate any new job for the first year, and to give it at least a year and a half before looking to move again.

      That said, there will always be jobs you just absolutely cannot do for one reason or another, and don’t stick those out to try to make the resume look better.