Easy questions have easy answers, right?
"I had to provide end of life care to a close relative."
I have a big gap from a few years of depression and that's my go to line. I have never ever heard a follow up question.
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I have a big gap from a few years of depression
It's relieving to hear I'm not the only one, that shit was crippling. Glad we both made it through!
Fuck yeah. We survived!
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FMLA is always a safe bet. Only one available to care for a dying family member buys sympathy and is an area they can’t legally ask any follow-up questions.
Source: former corporate shill and interviewer
Haha, as if anyone actually asks that. A gap gets you automatically rejected by the employment AI, long before humans see it.
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I always put in "traveling overseas"
In my case this is actually true, but I've never had anyone question me taking 12 months off every few years
“Sorrry, I have an NDA”
NDAs generally prohibit you from stating that you are under NDA.
Better to be cryptic “I can’t really go into details due to my clearance”.
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"Those are line breaks. You see it's easier to read if you break up blocks of text into paragraphs separated by a whole empty line."
Took a year off to let everyone else catch up 💅
Big if true
I was working on my mental health
Oh you have had mental health problems? I'm not sure we're going to be a good fit for your kind...
That's discrimination
Good luck proving what they thought.
Only if it's the stated reason they don't hire you.
Well, in the example given they literally said not s good fit for your kind.
But the stated reason for refusal will be "we have found a candidate that better fits the position"
That’s the inside their head conversation the actual words would be a boiler plate rejection letter
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"Yeah, I spent that time driving Uber/Doordash/whatever."
No boss to confirm/deny, and it's not like Uber is going to tell a random employer when one of their drivers were active.
Depending on your career, this might be worse than not doing anything