Gaps in your CV
Posted by Alison Kindlon on March 30 2010 @ 20:54
There are many reasons for a gap in your CV, for example, the year out you took to travel around Australia or America. Maybe you took a year off to spend time with your new addition to the family! Whatever the reasons, simply explain the gap. It doesn’t have to be in any great detail, but will look more professional than leaving a great big gap in your CV.
In todays current climate of huge job losses it is particularly important to highlight what you have been doing with your time since you’ve been laid off or made redundant. Keeping an eye on updates and developments in your industry, whether you have undertaken a course to upgrade your skills etc.
Whatever it may be, let your CV explain everything you have been doing in order to re enter the workplace. Highlight college courses, back to work schemes, FAS courses (or similar)… this information will put you ahead of the rest when a prospective employer looks at your CV!
