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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you automatically devalue an application from someone who is not currently working (and would that opinion change if that person voluntarily left the last job, because a project wrapped up and there was no other role that was a good fit for them on the horizon at that company, and they were burned out and wanted a break before the next job)? [/quote]

I absolutely used to. The thinking used to be, "What's wrong with you that you haven't had a job for so long?" But the recession has been a bitch and a half to so many people that if I maintained that thinking then I'd be passing up really great people, and the opportunity to help people out.

Now my thinking is, "What have you been doing with your time out of work?" I don't even mind if the answer is "I went traveling through Asia for two months for a total immersion experience in an effort to improve my Japanese" or something, even if we don't value that skill specifically. I want to hear that you brushed up on some skill, have been volunteering or mentoring, etc. Just give me the impression you've been doing something other than watching porn on the couch and taking breaks from that by watching Maury. [/quote]

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