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What do you mean by glances? You mean they are suspicious of your work quality? They dont want to hire you? Or they just give you a quick glance (because of the

What do you mean by glances? You mean they are suspicious of your work quality? They dont want to hire you? Or they just give you a quick glance (because of the gap) and hire you anyways?

pkaye 10y ago
They will start questioning the gap in your work history and if you don't have strong resume or interview, it may tip towards not hiring you.
- a_t48 10y ago
  Yet another reason to make lots of friends\connections in the industry. :)
  - cloudjacker 10y ago
    Yet another reason to LIE
    - mathattack 10y ago
      This can come back to haunt you bigtime. If I knew someone materially lied on their resume during the hiring process, I'd terminate them immediately.
      - cloudjacker 10y ago
        yes, every resume counselor also says that reality: get the equity, get out, get an exit the incongruences in your resume won't matter, the number of vacation days you took compared to someone else won't matter, the number of hours you stayed late won't matter solve the inefficiencies in the hiring process if it bothers you
      - flukus 10y ago
        Why? If they were doing there jobs satisfactorily until now then why would you fire them for lying on their resume?
        mathattack 10y ago
        Absolutely. Who knows what else they'll lie on later. Status? Their ability to hit a deadline? What a customer said? I wouldn't be able to trust them again. By your logic, if someone is doing their job satisfactorily, but they hid several major felonies (say armed robbery, and robbing from their prior employer) from you during the interview process, you wouldn't fire them? I'd rather have someone have the courage to own up to their issues. If they don't in the interview process, they won't later. And I like to hire folks who have something to prove. But not folks who overtly lie.
        flukus 10y ago
        > Absolutely. Who knows what else they'll lie on later. Status? Their ability to hit a deadline? What a customer said? I wouldn't be able to trust them again. But in this case you're firing them for being honest and not keeping up the lie. You'd be sending a signal to all your staff that they better keep lying.
        mathattack 10y ago
        I've never seen anyone confess to lying on their resume. I've seen several instances of people being caught. If someone came clean, that's one thing, but I've never seen it happen.
  - pkaye 10y ago
    Yup you are right this is the best counter to these problems. If you have a good network of people you worked with in the industry they can vouch for you.
  - mathattack 10y ago
    Yes - and add Happy Customers to that. Whether it's internal or external, if you have a lot of people happy with your output, you won't be unemployed for too long. But you do have to keep in contact with them.
mathattack 10y ago
I'm sorry - was too vague. Meaning they look at you poorly for having had extended periods of unemployment. Unless it's a mass-hysteria time like 2008, they'll ask "Why can't this person find a job when unemployment is so low?" When you add this to age discrimination, it can be very tough.

What do you mean by glances? You mean they are suspicious of your work quality? They dont want to hire you? Or they just give you a quick glance (because of the gap) and hire you anyways?

pkaye 10y ago

They will start questioning the gap in your work history and if you don't have strong resume or interview, it may tip towards not hiring you.

a_t48 10y ago
Yet another reason to make lots of friends\connections in the industry. :)
- cloudjacker 10y ago
  Yet another reason to LIE
  - mathattack 10y ago
    This can come back to haunt you bigtime. If I knew someone materially lied on their resume during the hiring process, I'd terminate them immediately.
    - cloudjacker 10y ago
      yes, every resume counselor also says that reality: get the equity, get out, get an exit the incongruences in your resume won't matter, the number of vacation days you took compared to someone else won't matter, the number of hours you stayed late won't matter solve the inefficiencies in the hiring process if it bothers you
    - flukus 10y ago
      Why? If they were doing there jobs satisfactorily until now then why would you fire them for lying on their resume?
      - mathattack 10y ago
        Absolutely. Who knows what else they'll lie on later. Status? Their ability to hit a deadline? What a customer said? I wouldn't be able to trust them again. By your logic, if someone is doing their job satisfactorily, but they hid several major felonies (say armed robbery, and robbing from their prior employer) from you during the interview process, you wouldn't fire them? I'd rather have someone have the courage to own up to their issues. If they don't in the interview process, they won't later. And I like to hire folks who have something to prove. But not folks who overtly lie.
        flukus 10y ago
        > Absolutely. Who knows what else they'll lie on later. Status? Their ability to hit a deadline? What a customer said? I wouldn't be able to trust them again. But in this case you're firing them for being honest and not keeping up the lie. You'd be sending a signal to all your staff that they better keep lying.
        mathattack 10y ago
        I've never seen anyone confess to lying on their resume. I've seen several instances of people being caught. If someone came clean, that's one thing, but I've never seen it happen.
- pkaye 10y ago
  Yup you are right this is the best counter to these problems. If you have a good network of people you worked with in the industry they can vouch for you.
- mathattack 10y ago
  Yes - and add Happy Customers to that. Whether it's internal or external, if you have a lot of people happy with your output, you won't be unemployed for too long. But you do have to keep in contact with them.

mathattack 10y ago

I'm sorry - was too vague. Meaning they look at you poorly for having had extended periods of unemployment. Unless it's a mass-hysteria time like 2008, they'll ask "Why can't this person find a job when unemployment is so low?" When you add this to age discrimination, it can be very tough.