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Brief context: I resigned from my current role(Project Manager) due to personal reasons. I have been serving notice period for the past month. My LWD as communicated by Manager and HR is mid June. ...

Brief context: I resigned from my current role(Project Manager) due to personal reasons. I have been serving notice period for the past month. My LWD as communicated by Manager and HR is mid June. However my manager has asked me to complete my project KT by April end. Since my dependency in other projects is negligible, i believe i will be let go after April.
Since I joined this company in mid May 2023, i will be 15-20 days short of completing 1 year at this company.

I have some personal issues to focus on for next few months, so I am not planning to work for the next 6 months. How much will the experience and career break affect my chances to get interviews?

Background: B.Tech + MBA (Tier-1) 
Workex: 3YOE (2YOE pre-MBA, 1YOE post MBA)
Targeted Roles: Product management

How much would it affect my interview chances if I am a few days short of completing 1 year at my current company?

Project Manager

How much would it affect my interview chances if I am a few days short of completing 1 year at my current company?- Grapevine

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

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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?

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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 🙏🏽

Show higher tenure on Resume?

I was recently laid off. I am applying for jobs. One question that has been a bother for me is on my unfortunate past short stints. 
Need help from folks on how to tackle these Q's.
I am applying for product / strategy roles.
2015 - tier 1 engg
2019 - tier 1 MBA
1.5 yrs - did my own startup...fairly successful but later failed due to covid
11 months - worked in a fairly well known fast growing startup - left coz wanted to move to a product centric startup
14 months - worked in product based big unicorn startup - got laid off
10 months - joined an early stage startup - startup failed and laid off again

What should be my interview strategy? How do I portray my story in a positive light?

How to tackle interview Q's on my short stints?

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

I want to quit my job and take a break. 

I Have been contemplating to do the same for almost an year but decided not to do it. So many things have happened since then

1. Layoff wave started in india
2. Got married
3. Had to move back to bangalore from hometown

Reason I want to quit is I don't feel like working , feeling bored and work doesn't interest me that much. 

I want to take a break chill for a bit but don't have guts to do the same considering market conditions ( what if I don't get a job when I am back in the market😅) 

Please give any advice on how to tackle this situation or if someone has gone through the same, would love to hear your experience. 

Also how is the product hiring currently in India? 

PS:  I do have a good runway for 4-5 months considering all expenses but I am scared to take the step

How is the market currently for product managers?

Test Engineer

For some context: I have about 4.5 YoE & 3 years directly in product along with Master’s level qualification. Primarily have worked with early stage start ups and have experienced similar challenges in each so avoiding this segment and red flag companies (taking Glassdoor, ambition box reviews as the basis here)
But a few people/seniors are suggesting to consider any opportunity with any kind of company as the market is bad. 

So wanted some perspective on the risk of career gap on resume vs being stuck in a similar company and going through the same job search process maybe 6 months or a year down the line? What would be a better trade off? 

P.S: Currently I am able to focus on overall up skilling and whatever is needed to clear job interviews and have decent financial security & runway. 

Any advice/perspectives are appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Affected by layoffs but being picky about next role

Hey folks,

Having 3.3 YOE. In one of my past stints I left a company in 2 months due to toxic work culture and joined a better company. 

I am a junior product manager. Will this short stint create problems for further opportunities?

Need suggestions.

Is my career ruined? 😰

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

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?

Software Engineer

I am gonna graduate in June 2024 and want to get into product management, I have two internships in same domain but there is a gap after Jan 2023  because I started preparing for some exams in whole 2023 as market was very bad then , although it's bad now as well but not much as compared to last year, how should I approach towards it when getting back and what soft skills i can develop in these 3 to 4 months so as to land at good product management internship with a potential for full time conversion

How to get into product

Can I leave EY GDS in 5 months and will it effect my Career?

Consultant

Need some help with Background verification in a MNC.

In my past experience:

- I got laid off on May 2020
- in July 2020 I got a job, did not like it and left early by Sept 2020 
- I joined a new company on Oct 2020 

In my resume , I have skipped this experience and mentioned other dates correctly. I didn't think it would be relevant!

1. Experience  A - Till May 2020
2. Experience C - from Oct 2020 - ..

1. Would this be a problem for background verification?
2. Should I inform the HR about this ?

Background verification process

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3.3 years into Capgemini
1.3 to years into TCS
Since 7 months working in Infosys

But here I didn't like the work culture and project and micromanagement.

So is this a good time to switch 
Does the interviewer ask why you're changing frequently

Trying to switch

Software Developer

My current job is consuming me completely. I don't get to upskill myself. Therefore, I am stuck in this vicious cycle where I want to leave my organization to work in a better environment along with skilled colleagues. However, to do this, I will have to upskill myself.

Would love to hear your experience if you have been in a similar situation. How did things turn out for you eventually?

People who have left a job without another lined up, how have things worked out for you?

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

I am working as a Product Manager for a blue collar company within a large company. 
Although everything is good prima facie - good pay, work hours, people. However I am not intrinsically motivated towards the work.

Each day feels like a drag and I feel I am wasting my time here. The only thing which is holding me back is the great pay

I do not know what to do. Honestly want to take a break and chill to figure things for couple of months but then the thought of not finding a job or being jobless scares me.
The notice period is also 90 days

Any thoughts?

Help!

Hi All, would love to hear your thoughts/ideas/strategies on how to switch from a Senior Customer Success Manager role to a Product/ Project Manager role. 
Brief background - Total Work-Ex 9 years (2.5 years in IT services pre MBA + 6.5 years in Sales/KAM/Customer Success post MBA). Recently have switched few companies in search of better roles/compensation and that also reflects in a negative way in resume. Not able to get even an interview call while applying for PM roles. 
All suggestions are welcome. Thanks.

Role Transition - From Customer Success/KAM to Product Manager

Retention Manager

I work for a start up and am currently on maternity leave. I am supposed to resume my work from the 2nd week of may. And My husband has to move to a different country for work. He is moving early next month.

So I will have to take care of some of his responsibilities here, while he is away from home. Having a 6 month old baby and my father in law to take care of as well. I have decided to take a break from my career and sort things out. Once my husband settles down, we will move there and then I'll start looking out for opportunities.

Now the question is, since I'm resigning during maternity leave and the project has no dependency on me. Can the manager or HR ask me to serve the notice?? Or will I be given an immediate release? 

I want an immediate release. Please advise!

How much would it affect my interview chances if I am a few days short of completing 1 year at my current company?

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