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How the Gap in the Resume of Many Working Mothers Affects Their Career
- 2rsf 7y agoI have read that even in Sweden where long parental leaves (think a year) are acceptable both for men and women, women still suffer from that in the long term. The problem being not explaining the gaps, but the fact of taking it.
- raducu 7y agoIn Romania you can choose a maternal/paternal leave of up to 2 years, during which you are still employed by the same employer -- you are payed by the state a percentage of your previous income, but you are still employed. No need to explain any gap, because there won't be a gap in your resume, and it is nobody's business asking question about maternal/paternal leaves(I'm pretty sure it would be illegal to ask such private information anyway).
- lilicawat 7y agoWell I live in Switzerland, but the stories I mentioned in the articles are real woman from several cities in Europe. I have friends from Romania and they mentioned that paternal and materal leave are more equal there.
- probinso 7y agothe change for resumes I would like to see, is to remove all dates and only document duration. a resume should only be the contract of what you're comfortable justifying in experience during an interview.
- lilicawat 7y agoThat could be a game change.