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A friend of mine was worried about being unemployed for a year back in 2007 and felt the need to include two jobs that lasted three months during that time. I was trying to explain to her that only active gaps matter on a resume not gaps in between jobs especially if it's only a year. Just like now my resume still has december 2011 on it which is a active gap. The gap I had in 2009 is no longer a issue because it's in between jobs now.
I think employers are looking at ANY gap in a resume as an excuse to not hire you. It seems you not only have to fit the exact mold they are looking for, skills, years of exp, etc AND have been employed since getting out of school. Really ridiculous but when the economy turns around and they are screaming for workers, we will have our revenge
I think employers are looking at ANY gap in a resume as an excuse to not hire you. It seems you not only have to fit the exact mold they are looking for, skills, years of exp, etc AND have been employed since getting out of school. Really ridiculous but when the economy turns around and they are screaming for workers, we will have our revenge
How will a gap in 2005 matter in 2012? I actually think it all comes down to what you are doing in 2012 at this point if you are unemployed.
I think employers are looking at ANY gap in a resume as an excuse to not hire you. It seems you not only have to fit the exact mold they are looking for, skills, years of exp, etc AND have been employed since getting out of school. Really ridiculous but when the economy turns around and they are screaming for workers, we will have our revenge
It's already starting to turn around. Unemployment is at 8.3% and is on a downward trend. Just look at this chart:
as you can see, high unemployment comes and goes in cycles.
As you can see, some people only listen to headlines and pay no attention to the actual facts.
Pay attention people! Just because so many have fallen off the unemployment rolls and are ineligible for any further extensions, doesn't mean they don't need/want/are looking for work!
Pay attention people! Just because so many have fallen off the unemployment rolls and are ineligible for any further extensions, doesn't mean they don't need/want/are looking for work!
Agree. When everyone who wants a job has one, then unemployment will end in this country.
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And some of those statistics are from large companies hiring large numbers of people for specific kinds of jobs, while many in other work are still out of work or being laid off, resulting in a slight reduction in the percentage unemployed. You have to look at the number of people actually out of work, and not just the number of claims for unemployment.
The government manipulates unemployment statistics for political reasons. They do not count the under-employed, the chronically unemployed, or those who have given up looking for work.
The real unemployment rate is somewhere closer to 15-20 percent.
I agree... as I mentioned in an earlier thread this morning, I had 2 gaps in my employment... 11/09 thru 9/10 and 01/11 thru 05/11 and when I got the job here my boss said "We've been looking for someone for 2 months."
I have a manufacturing background and my job is machining Boeing parts. If they want you bad enough I don't think your unemployment will matter much.
The job market is pretty horrible in GA. Manufacturing jobs are leaving the state and the ones still there don't pay anything... Out here in WA it's a much stronger job market with Boeing and their suppliers on every corner. If you can't find a job where you live, you move to where you can find a job. I had to borrow from my parents to do that but I had little choice being in Tier 2 unemployment... time was running out.
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