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[-] thurstylark@lemmy.today 109 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

My answers to "Would you explain this gap in your resume?":

  1. Relevancy: "I only included relevant experience on the copy of my resume that you received." Hiking experience isn't relevant. Couch experience isn't relevant. Time spent as the forgotten pawn in the machinations of capitalism isn't relevant.
  2. Privacy: "I am not required to disclose medical information, and will not be discussing this matter any further."
  3. Fuck 'em: "No."
[-] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 2 points 3 days ago

I just tell them "personal commitments", and they don't pry any further, but maybe that only works for crappy minimum wage jobs.

[-] jnod4@lemmy.ca 69 points 6 days ago

No2 will make any interviewer exclude you as they don't want to hire a "lemon"

[-] thurstylark@lemmy.today 22 points 6 days ago

An interview works both ways. If that's how they consider humans, then you dodged a bullet.

[-] John_CalebBradberton@lemmy.world 31 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Another good one is to mention there being health issues in the family that necessitated you take time to help them with.

Only a very nosy employer will question that further. If they give you grief for helping your loved ones in such a situation, they probably aren't worth working for

[-] lovely_reader@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

How have these answers been working out so far?

[-] thurstylark@lemmy.today 19 points 6 days ago

Pretty good so far. I haven't had a job that makes me wish for a workplace accident in years.

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

I am not required to disclose medical information, and will not be discussing this matter any further.

Why the combative/legalese tone though? Why not just say "It was for medical reasons, I don't want to go into it" like a normal person? The interviewer would go "Oh ok fair enough" instead of thinking "What's wrong with this guy, did he get out bed with his left foot today?"

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