Career gaps. How bad are they?

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Going on 10 years. Decided I wanted to die on a golf course living a peaceful life as a greens keeper.

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Ive been in practice over a decade myself, so i can relate

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Also, what constitutes a career gap - 2 months, 6 months, 1 year??

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I'm not exactly sure yet. I've been in practice over a decade. I have done stints in big law, and I'm now in house at a big company. I thinking about just taking my bonus and running and figuring it out later. I havent had a break otherwise

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Just lie and say you were doing solo work

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just say you did pro bono for the community on a self directed familial basis

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IMO, not a big deal. If a company only wants to hire people with a job, they are basically outsourcing their recruiting.

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ruh oh

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