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A gap on a resume glares out at a recruiter or hiring manager. If you’ve spent your employment gap doing freelance work or consulting, make sure to list that experience in the “Professional Experience” section of your resume. Include the name of the organization, job functions and dates. Treat it as you would a regular job!
If you have an extensive gap in employment, you may want to address it in your cover letter to the prospective employer. Include a brief one or two sentence explanation, but do not go into detail about a long illness or a frustrating job search. Rather, state that you were out of the workforce for whatever reason, and explain that you are eager to return. If the gap in your employment happened more than seven years ago, don’t bother mentioning it at all.
Should the subject of your employment gap arise during an interview, explain simply and briefly. Use the exact same brief, simple explanation you used in your cover letter. Obviously, they were impressed enough with your background (despite any gaps) to invite you in for an interview!
These tips appear courtesy of ExhibitRecruiter, a leading source for permanent placement of exhibit industry professionals
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