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.

  • SbisasCostlyTurnover@feddit.uk
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    7 months ago

    Yeah I’ll be doing that going forward. Truth be told I did some volunteer work during that time, but I didn’t deem it overly relevant to the job I was going for, plus with it being 15 years ago…you know.