Easy questions have easy answers, right?
This question should be illegal to ask.
If i have to explain the gap (which clearly means I was not employed), it means you are incompetent, you fail my interview, I don’t work with incompetent bosses.
In principle they shouldn’t be allowed to ask that. if they seem to be giving too much weight to that they are just being lazy on trying to evaluate you and they will likely be bad employers who believe that taking time off for yourself is a red flag
I tried to get the US-Citizenship. But then came the Macarena…
Big if true
“I was unemployed”
- Why?
- Can they not even keep a job?
“I took a sabbatical”
- Mysterious
- Arousing
- Shows off the size of your enormous sack
EDIT : When I took my sabbatical and I was dating at the same time, instead of being seen as a scruffy bum it actually did give an air of mystique, since most people at that age were not doing things like that.
What’s your biggest strength?
The size of my enormous sack
Randy Marsh, sir, you’re hired.
“I had to provide end of life care to a close relative.”
I have a big gap from a few years of depression and that’s my go to line. I have never ever heard a follow up question.
I have a big gap from a few years of depression
It’s relieving to hear I’m not the only one, that shit was crippling. Glad we both made it through!
Fuck yeah. We survived!
How big are we talking, I sometimes feel like taking a year off to fix my mental health, but I fear it will kill my career
I have a year of uni (unfinished), a year of an apprenticeship (unfinished) and then 1.5yrs of joblessness. Started at 20, I learned a trade in my mid twenties and have a solid career now. I just regret I was never able to finish uni.
Yes. I created the document in Google docs, and you opened it in Word.
That’s why you should provide PDF of you resume.
“Sorrry, I have an NDA”
NDAs generally prohibit you from stating that you are under NDA.
Better to be cryptic “I can’t really go into details due to my clearance”.
That doesn’t work either
They still want name of employer and dates
Lots of cleared applicants have probably applied there in the past
Haha, as if anyone actually asks that. A gap gets you automatically rejected by the employment AI, long before humans see it.
Can someone confirm from* a recruitment standpoint.
FMLA is always a safe bet. Only one available to care for a dying family member buys sympathy and is an area they can’t legally ask any follow-up questions.
Source: former corporate shill and interviewer
“That is the year when I was happy.”
I was working on my mental health
in other words, it’s why i’m not trying to strangle you for asking me that question!
“The economy”
Yes, i was pursuing other opportunities that do not relate to this field so i did not include them
