Last night, Rick and I talked about the issue of time gaps in your resume – and how to handle them effectively.  The biggest takeaway from the discussion was that you don’t have to be too specific about such breaks.  There are several ways to minimize their effect, including using the resume format that we encourage because it puts the focus on your skills and the value you bring to a company.  This should more than compensate for any periods that you weren’t employed. 

We also revisited the age discrimination subject because we continue to get questions about it.  I hope that the additional "ammo" we provided will help those of you who are facing this challenge (I was going to say "problem" but we want to keep this discussion positive;-)).

Anyway, here is the link to the recording so you can catch up on what you might have missed.

Call #16:Resume Time Gaps + More on Age Discrimination

 As for the "News Flash", we wanted to let you know that we have decided to do next week’s call and then break it off for the rest of the summer.  However, we won’t be leaving you high and dry.  The blog will remain active so job seekers will still have access to all the materials we’ve been covering over the last few months.  So please continue to use and tell your friends about this resource.

Given that it will be our last one for awhile, Rick and I have decided to devote the entire hour next week to Q&A.  Therefore, be sure to take this opportunity to register and ask about the issue(s) that are most important to you.

Terry

Call #2: The PreResume

For those who were on the call, I haven’t forgotten that I was going to explain how to prepare a .txt version of your resume.   Just got waylaid by upload problem.  I’ll be posting the information soon. Terry