Once upon a time,
if you took a year
or six months
or less/more
off work,
you were unemployable.
Those days are now happily gone.
I have huge gaps in my resume.
I get asked about them
but I don’t get punished for them.
Why?
Because I’ve done stuff,
I’ve achieved things,
during that time.
I’ve written novels
(non-work related).
Friends have traveled
or done volunteer work
or tried and failed at business start ups.
I have yet to hear of anyone
getting punished
job search-wise
because they took time off
the corporate fast track
to do something different.
I HAVE heard of people
getting punished
because they took time off
to do absolutely nothing.
That shows lack of ambition
and it makes employers suspect
it wasn’t a conscious choice.
Employment gaps aren’t bad
but do have a good story
to explain them.
You WILL get asked.