Hey folks. I was unemployed from Jan 2020 till Apr 2021 when my MBA began.  Got laid off from IT co in Jan as most all our clients were abroad where pandemic had started and their businesses were t...

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Hey folks. I was unemployed from Jan 2020 till Apr 2021 when my MBA began.

Got laid off from IT co in Jan as most all our clients were abroad where pandemic had started and their businesses were totally stopped. 

Prepared for CAT (98 percentile) meanwhile along with some online courses and basic social work. 

Should I mention the gap year in my resume or skip it completely? 

Before the gap I had around 18 months of workex

Gap in resume

Sales Manager

Gap in resume- Grapevine

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I am 26M with close to 3 years of work experience and a MBA from a tier 1 college. I make decent salary, however I am not really enjoying my job. I am also depressed from working very hard the past 5 years with graduation, Covid and job Etc. I just want to take a few months off and focus on my mental/physical health. I also want to prepare for Product roles and try out some business/freelancing ideas I have.

My concern is how Career gaps are treated like a stigma in the industry. Like what was the use of working so hard and getting qualifications, if I cannot take a few months in between jobs to focus on myself. Can someone help me get some perspective?

Is a career break really that bad in this country?

Project Manager

I am a 2022 engineer graduate from a tier 1 uni, with a work ex of one year. I was working as an APM and was laid off recently and have been thinking of giving CAT to pursue MBA, hoping the market is better by the time I graduate from MBA.

Plan B in case I am not able to crack a decent IIM is coming back to job market. By the time this happens I will have at-least a 4 month gap on my resume already.

What do you think will be the impact of this gap on my resume? Should I just focus on getting a job? What are your insights?

4-5 months break after one year work-ex.

Product Manager

I have 4 years of total experience(2 years prior MBA then an year gap, I was preparing for MBA entrance during this time and 2 years post MBA). 

Now I’m looking for jobs, can I show an year of work at my friends startup? To fill the gap?  

Can you tell me how can it impact during BGV, can they check via UAN on PF? Or I can go ahead and do this, it will be a game changer for me if I can add an year more of work-ex. Please Help!!

Background Verification

Senior Product Manager

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Hi, 


I recently clear all tech interviews and tmrw is my hr round. 

I written in my resume that my last working day was 31st dec 2023. 
 But i work till 31st oct 2023. 

Will it affect my candidature. I did it because i was not getting calls due these gaps and uncertain market. 


Please let me know how can i tell her the truth and my situation.

I lied on my unemployment gaps

Software Developer

Can anyone suggest me what should I do to get a job after career gap?

Job after career gap?

Software Engineer

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I worked at company X from 2016-2021. Left March 2021, but the next thing I joined was in late 2022. Between that time, first I was preparing for Masters, got in, but ultimately decided to not go. It took 8 months as the market was really bad and I was unprepared.

Now, when I am looking to switch from current job, I have gotten a couple of queries around why the gap etc. I originally thought I will explain the situation but now to prevent getting filtered out in screening, is it okay to write company X tenure from March 2021 to March 2022, reducing the gap?

All help/inputs from experienced folks is appreciated 🙏🏽

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In 2022, I worked in company A for less than 2 weeks and then left to join my current company B. 

I don't want to show that less than 2 weeks on my resume for future opportunities because I was still in onboarding process, no codebase access and no project was allocated . I realized joining company A was a mistake. 

Reason why I left was at the start of interview process I confirmed that I will get to work on React and they confirmed. But when I joined company A, I got to know they have 0 active React projects and all are in Aurelia (not even Vue/Angular). It was the 1st time I heard about Aurelia framework and decided to resign as I was already getting other better offers. I had discussion with Company A HR and manager and explained them reason of my resignation, they accepted and at the end of month I got salary of those 7 days in my bank.

Is it ok if I don't mention these 7 days in my resume because I did nothing there and was still going through onboarding?

I don't want to show it on my resume because it might indicate to my future employer that I am unreliable and can leave quickly after joining but actually it was not my mistake. They lied and I was lucky to have other offer. I fear future employers might not even shortlist my resume due to those 7 days.

Suggestions?

Need suggestion on hiding irrelevant experience

How to hide gap years in resume? Does it matter? I have 2.6 years of gap after graduation and currently 2.9 years experienced in Angular, Angular js, Javascript java SpringBoot, docker , Jenkins and Kubernetes

Job switch with 3 years experience but career gap before that?

I got laid off and I have been getting rejected in my interviews a lot and want to take some time to work on my skills, is it a bad decision? 
My YOE is 3 years as a SWE

What do companies consider as a gap for 2-3 months bad?

Hello, all i have a gap of  6 months, will it affect me to find jobs as i carry 1.5 year of experience causing me a lot of diffculties while getting shortlisted ? What should i do , feeling stressed ? 
I need your advice and if there is any opportunity for me i am open up for that, my tech tack is frontend development with using react, redux, vue js.

Layoff, employment gaps

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I will be graduating in a month, I don't have a job as of now, I am scared of the resume gap, should I be that much scared as a fresher, please tell me from your experience guys. I know that it's a red flag of you have gap in your resume, but does that matter? Or should I not worry and keep upskilling my skills.

Scared of Resume Gap

It's been a year and a month since I've been unemployed.
I had a chronic illness which lasted for 2.5 years ( yes I was working when I was sick - worst decision of my life ) .

I recovered from it in September 2023, since then I've been looking for new jobs in frontend domain.
In my previous role , I was working as a support engineer for a service based company but wanted to work in frontend. During my illness period I also joined a cohort and also did a certification in React development.

Now, when I apply for jobs, I'm getting no calls, when I do get calls from recruiters, they ask about my career gap I tell them everything that happened. After the call they just ghost me.

How am I supposed to justify my career gap so that I can proceed further with the interview?
Do I lie about it and say that I did freelancing, I've heard most people do these kinds of things when they have to justify any kind of career gap.

How do I justify my career gap?

Hi Guys,

I am currently working at a startup and was previously working at an IT MNC for 3 months. I was put on the bench and laptops/assets were not even delivered for 2 months of requesting. When the assets arrived there was 3 weeks of compliance and regulatory training before which my position was eliminated as a result of business restructuring and downsizing. I got my startup offer (strategy type role)by then and I resigned from the IT firm with proper reliving letter and fnf settlement. I have now got an offer from a boutique consulting firm(after working in my startup for around 6 months) . I have however not mentioned this IT mnc in my resume at all since I did not gain any kind of work experience at this firm and it was not adding any value to my resume in terms of the types of roles I am looking for, I wanted to keep my other internships and startup tenure as they were more valuable. Is this going to cause an issue if I undergo a bgv process in my new firm? I have all the proper exit documents and there is no overlap of employment anywhere. Please advise. I am a 2022 pass out.

Business Analyst

Hi all

I have 2 years of experience in full stack mobile application development and I planned to take 6 month break to improve my mental health and tech skills.

how it will impact my career 

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career gap impact

If someone has close to 3 years experience as a software developer after completing B.tech and wants to pursue M.tech, but for some reason he could not clear GATE exam and wants to join as a software developer after 1 year of preparation gap.

I want to know what will be the impact of this while searching for a job after one year of preparation gap?

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