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I would want a high level narrative on why you had a gap. "Maternity break", "long term illness" or "sabbatical to travel" is something I can understand.
Hi, it was a sabbatical to travel and purse teaching yoga, bridge courses to get back to work. How to add all this on resume to get attention for the work experience that actually matters?
Not a hiring manager. But i’d say ability to demonstrate knowledge learning and skill development during those years. Whether it be from travelling experience, side projects, running a business. Doesn’t matter if you are not formally employed as long as you did something to develop yourself. Try and find anything you did that was valuable if it’s not super obvious like running a business, create the story but keep it true, make it part of who you are so that your confidence can reinsure any doubts the employer may have. Sometimes it may also mean applying for a position or pay grade lower than you wanted just so that you can get yourself back in the door.
Thanks but would you find it necessary to add this on the resume itself or just cover letter? Obviously it’ll come up during the interview process but to get shortlisted I don’t under what’s the catch?
Yeah a sabbatical for travel, and some yoga teaching also upskilling for industry needs.
I wouldn’t care as much “why you had a career gap”, but I want to know “what you have done to try and get back in”. Did you get a new degree? Accreditation? Did you build something on the side? Are you volunteering time in the space you want to get into?” You gotta show you mean it and are willing to put the work in.