How to Explain Employment Gaps (and When You Don’t Need To)

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Employment gaps are a reality of modern careers. We’re all human. Life happens. Parents get sick. You need to care for your own health. Companies restructure. You take time to upskill or pivot your career. The pandemic disrupted millions of careers. Nearly two-thirds of professionals have had some form of career break. But employment gaps […]

What Recruiters Really Look for in Your Resume (and How to Stand Out)

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Most candidates think recruiters spend minutes carefully reading every word of their resume. We don’t. The average recruiter spends 6 to 8 seconds scanning your resume before deciding whether to keep reading or move to the next one. Those first seconds aren’t about your college degree or where you worked five years ago. We’re looking […]