In a candidate-rich environment when it comes to selecting workers companies do a lot of crazy and irrational things. Just look at interviewing processes, they

In a candidate-rich environment when it comes to selecting workers companies do a lot of crazy and irrational things. Just look at interviewing processes, they tend to be more superstition than anything. Having a gap in your resume that the interviewer can fill in with whatever horror story strikes their fancy (was it drug rehab!?) is a disadvantage.