resume gaps
Career timeline breaks
Resume gaps are periods of unemployment visible in a work history, where time passes between one job ending and the next beginning.
The term often carries anxious connotations—job seekers worry about explaining gaps, and hiring managers sometimes view them suspiciously: She was asked about the two-year gap in her resume.
Common causes include caregiving, health issues, layoffs, or career changes.
- employmentPaid occupation status
- employment historyLog of past positions
- hiatusBreak in activity
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- career breakPause in employment
break · extended leave · explain · interview · unemployment · stay at home mom · sabbatical · layoff · freelance · job hopping · caregiving · skills · timeline · cover letter · red flag · honesty · motherhood · maternity leave
- job barriersageism, sexism, racism, glass ceiling, gender bias
- unemploymentunemployment, unemployed, jobless, joblessness, unemployment rate
- workforceworkers, employee, employees, labor force, employer
- aging workforceaging workforce, older workers, mature workers, baby boomers, senior staff