Layoff! Otherwise it doesn’t matter whatever you say to the recruiter; she gonna low ball you.

layoffs might also give them an idea that you aren’t good enough, so they can again lowball you.

Staff Engineer

This is typical Indian recruiter mentality & it happens a lot.

Engineering Manager

In this economy? 
  
 Speak the truth.  
  
 "This is one of the most challenging times post Covid. Some people have been fortunate to work at a place for more than 3-5yr and get a continuity and stability. You are not one of that and have been forced to take up the first opportunity due to your financial commitments. It did not work out as you had thought and the company downsized soon after. In hindsight, you would have not joined and waited for a better role, which is what you are doing right now"

Analyst

Investment Manager

Welcome to IT Company Discussion's Private Community

How to justify a career gap of 6+ months to the next employer?

How to justify a career gap of 6+ months to the next employer?- Grapevine

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?

Software Developer

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

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

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

Job after career gap?

Software Engineer

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

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?

Product Manager

About me:- B.E. in extc 2018 batch Mumbai University. In 2019 I joined TCS as fresher, stayed there 7 months. Left for IIT Mtech aspiration. Prepared fulltime gate exam 2020, 2022, 2023. Did not worked. 2021 was medical issues and job crunch period for me. In 2024, I have joined an offline IT training institute full stack java. 

My worry is: after gaining 2+ years experience in small company for the time being, will this 5 year gap still create problems at the time of lateral job switches into FANG?

Kindly advice me on 5 year career gap.

Hi everyone, I was working for a startup for about 1.5 years and I was doing quite well. then my mind thought of exploring other industries so I quit my job and started looking for jobs in other industries and landed on one after 3 months of quitting. And that company was not open to learning or engaging anything apart from my JD and I was not happy as I was working only for an hour of the day (basically I was doing nothing). It was frustrating as I was paying 200 for auto everyday for doing nothing so I left that job and started looking for jobs and this next company was supposed to be a game changer in my career but it was toxic I told my manager how I feel about it and he convinced me that I'll be working only with him. But that one day everything crossed the limit. And I left that job in 4 months. 

Now, why can't I say this directly in my interviews?? Why do I have to lie about why I switched jobs. I can't  say directly "no learning opportunities or no growth or toxic environment in previous companies". 

This is so frustrating, I've applied for more than 200 companies in the last 2 months and I've nothing. 🤕 

Can someone help me with great excuses for career gaps which I can use for interviews?

Someone help me with great excuses for career gaps

Founder

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

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 

can I get job after that gap

career gap impact

I was laid off in mid June from a product based startup. Till now, I am unemployed. Will it effect me in getting a new job now?
Previous TC ~ 1 LPM

Please do let me know any opportunities requiring 1+ year exp in Backend development.

Will layoff gap effect?

About me:- B.E. in extc 2018 batch Mumbai University. In 2019 I joined TCS as fresher, stayed there 7 months. Left for IIT Mtech aspiration. Prepared fulltime gate exam 2020, 2022, 2023. Did not worked. 2021 was medical issues and job crunch period for me. In 2024, I have joined an offline IT training institute full stack java. 

My worry is: after gaining 2+ years experience in small company for the time being, will this 5 year gap still create problems at the time of lateral job switches into high quality companies?

Need a advice on 5 years career gap

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

Welcome to Data Scientists's Private Community

I was working as Data Analyst but some personal I have to leave my job. Its been 3 years now. I want to come back.I have brush up my skills. But most of companies reject when they see the career gap.
What I can do which make me good candidate and get a job.

Career Gap

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?

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?

Welcome to Business Roles's Private Community

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

Hi, I recently got a job after a big break (6 months) in my career. This job does not pay very well but since I was unemployed for so long, I was desperate and took whatever came my way. 
I recently got a call from a big organisation where I had applied over 3 months ago. Should I let them know of this job? It has not even been a month in this job and my CTC here is lower than my previous CTC so if I let them know about this job, my new CTC would be comparatively lower. Also, I don’t want them to think of me as a job hopper. 
Is it wrong to hide that I am currently working somewhere? What can I do in this situation?

Currently employed

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.

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