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Well, I've been helping my brother with his business, volunteering with the Board of Elections, had a volunteer position with a congressman, tutored at the Children's Aid Society and helped my grandmother. At the same time I was brushing up on computer skills and my writing.
I think showing the employer that you're not a stagnant fish is better than lying.
Well, I've been helping my brother with his business, volunteering with the Board of Elections, had a volunteer position with a congressman, tutored at the Children's Aid Society and helped my grandmother. At the same time I was brushing up on computer skills and my writing.
I think showing the employer that you're not a stagnant fish is better than lying.
Everything that you listed would be none of the interviewer's business.
But it would show that he was not sitting around doing nothing.
Since when has looking for employment meant someone was home doing nothing? They obviously had to be doing something if the company received their resume to call he/she for a interview.
What do you mean an employer can't ask about a candidate unemployment status?
They can't ask "Where are you working now?" or "Are you working now?"
I was interested also in exactly what that poster meant so I googled it:
"The New York City Council passed a bill today that prohibits employers from considering an applicant’s current employment status when making hiring decisions. The bill would also put an end to job ads that say applicants must be currently employed. Under this measure, New York would be the first city in the country providing people with the opportunity to sue on the basis of unemployment discrimination."
I know it's bad being unemployed for a year or longer but I know this one guy who is 41 and for the past 20 years has only worked two job that was for a few months each. After he graduated high school he went to college and got his bachelors degree. After college he started working and about 3 months later his grandmother was diagnosed with Parkinsons and required 24 hour care since she could not be left alone. No one in his family wanted to step up and care for her so she wouldn't have to go to a nursing home...her doctor said that when they end up in a nursing home they usually do not receive the best of care and will die a few years later. So he stepped up and decided to care for her 24 hours a day and she lived for 12 years.
After she passed away he got a job and started to move on with his life and not to long after that his mother had a heart attack and was paralysed. So of course he was the only family member who stepped up and took care of her on a daily basis for about 7 years before she passed away. He put his life on hold to care for these family members so they wouldn't end up in the nursing homes where he knew they would not receive that good of care.
Now he is 41 and trying to figure out what to do with his life because he no longer has any family members to worry about but being 41 and in this economy he knows how hard it is to find a job. While he was caring for his mother he did take classes online and earned a Masters degree...but even with that how does he explain the 20 year gap even though he was doing it to take care of family members.
I gave him the advice that he might just have to try and re-invent himself in a new career or something.
But it is not like he wasn't 'working'. Caring for family members has got to be one of the most difficult and stressful things to do! For a million different reasons. AND, not just anyone can do it.
So, it is not like he was just sitting around doing nothing! He really needs to elaborate on these responsibilities when he looks for employment. Kudos to him!
Since when has looking for employment meant someone was home doing nothing?
Back up there sport. Where did I say that? You should stop putting words into my mouth. No one could possibly know if someone was doing something or if they were actually home being lazy and not looking for work. But the point people are getting you to understand ( I know it's a stretch) is that it shows initiative if someone is volunteering, helping start a business, raising a family, helping ill parents etc. You seem to be strongly opposed to those things which says a lot about you.
Sorry that you don't understand the most basic of words and the intent in which they are used
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