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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hiring Manager Here.

When I see resumes with a big gap in employment or someone who hasn't found something in a year or more, it's usually a flag that there is something wrong with the candidate and I should pass on the resume, given others have obviously been passing for a year or more as well.

Also, short term employments, tells me you have no loyalty to your employer.  If the last 3 jobs you had were each 3-9 months, you're either being asked to leave because you fail or you're leaving for another gig for whatever reason.  The likeliness you would do the same to me if I hired you, is very high, making you a waste of my time.

Smart hiring managers see the games that people try to play.  The ones that don't see it, are the idiotic companies you probably shouldn't work for to begin with.

Also, if you're very seasoned and unemployed for a year and trying to take something entry level to get back in the game, you won't be loyal and you will be over-qualified, and quickly become bored and likely leave.  If you think I'm going to hire you in something entry-level and magically recognize your talent and bump you up to Mid/Sr level management, you're wrong.[/quote]

So how am I supposed to get a job? Maybe you're missing out on a really great candidate. Maybe my family member was sick and I couldn't actively look for a job because I was taking care of a loved one. [/quote]

Then it's likely you would be able to account for that specific situation as a justification for the extended unemployment gap in a cover letter, that would be read and reviewed.  Have you considered that, or are cover letters to much work and a waste of time to you?[/quote]

Strange that you mention this. I was just reading a thread a couple of weeks ago, where majority of PPs cautioned against stating family issues (SAH etc) as the reason for being out of the job market.  And one PP even implied that it "makes the hiring manager feel bad, as if he/she were a lesser parent than a SAH parent".  I was taken aback by how petty some hiring managers can be, but then I figured that people are people, and not all are like that. But the key takeaway from that thread was "Don't say that you opted out of work for family reasons".

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