career gap
Résumé time hole
A career gap is a period when someone isn't employed, whether for raising children, caring for family, traveling, health issues, or simply being unable to find work.
The term appears most often in discussions of résumés and job interviews, where gaps require explanation: How do I address the career gap on my résumé?
Also called an employment gap.
- resumeCareer summary document
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- job searchSeeking paid employment
- hiatusBreak in activity
- sabbaticalExtended leave from work
maternity · paternity · stay at home · layoff · break · explain · interview · hiring manager · workforce · reentry · motherhood · pause · employment · CV · work history · hire · experience · skills
- employmentjob, jobs, interview, interviews, job interview
- hardshiphardship, adversity, difficulty, trouble, struggle
- working parentsworking mom, working moms, working dad, dual income, work-life balance
- resumesresume, CV, work experience, education history, skills
career gapcareer progression
Upward movement in work
career advancement · upward trajectory · professional growth · climbing the ladder · career peak
career, gap, careers, careered, careering, careerist, careerism, gaps, gapped