I'm an experienced Senior Loan Processor/Underwriter with Management experience with a very reputable bank in San Francisco. I left my job in 2018 to focus on my family. I relocated, covid happened, and it's taken me a while to get back to work. Here I am now looking for employment and it's been such a challenge. I've applied to less senior roles due to my career gap but I'm over qualified then senior roles don't want me because of my career gap. What's a mother to do?

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You have to apply for positions you are qualified for or, for reach positions. People will pass you for roles where you are overqualified. They know it will be a misfit, you will be bored/underpaid/unchallenged/all the above. They want to place people into positions where they can grow and learn. You may be applying for the wrong fit jobs because you think the career gap is a weakness. It’s not as bad as you think it plays especially if you are good at your job.

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