resume gap
Career timeline break
A resume gap is a period of unemployment in a person's work history—time between jobs that shows up as a blank space on a resume.
Gaps might result from layoffs, health issues, caregiving, education, or simply not finding work.
Hiring managers traditionally viewed gaps with suspicion, though attitudes have softened: How do I explain the resume gap from when I was caring for my mother?
- employmentPaid occupation status
- employment historyLog of past positions
- hiatusBreak in activity
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- back to workResuming one's occupation
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- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- career transitioncareer change, career path, career counseling, career coach, career counselor
- workforce skillsjob skills, soft skills, hard skills, digital skills, trade skills
- unemploymentunemployment, unemployed, jobless, joblessness, unemployment rate
- work leavesick leave, vacation days, maternity leave, paternity leave, medical leave
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