The modern workplace continues to evolve – particularly in a post-Covid culture. Despite this, many job seekers feel like disclosing a career gap on their CV will harm their employment prospects. According to research carried out by Applied, a third of employees surveyed have taken a career break of six months or more – but over half admit they would …
We have had more and more individuals who have recently been furloughed seeking our guidance, particularly those from the hospitality and travel industry. Many of those are in management roles so despite the governments financial support through the furlough scheme they are finding themselves on less than half the salaries they were once on. Therefore, they are now hoping to …
Mind the Gap! Mind the Gap! Mind the gap between the train and the platform edge! How many times have you heard this? A very good friend of mine has kindly allowed me to share her journey of returning to the workplace after taking a nine year career break to bring up her three children. Here is her story: Shortly …
There has been a very welcomed increase in the number of returnships available by companies and organisations. These are designed to act as a bridge back into work for experienced professionals who have taken an extended career break. However, many returners are still apprehensive of how to document their career gap in their CV. Whether you have taken time out to have …
Do you have gaps in your career history or periods of unemployment that you are worried about? Wondering what recruiters will think and how you should present or explain this to potential employers, if you get that far? Or should you just ignore them as surely everyone must have gaps in their career history at some point? MOST IMORTANTLY…..DO NOT …