People care. When on interview committees I’ve had to argue that gaps aren’t relevant. Maybe it’s someone with the ability to plan and save and they decided to take a year or ten off. Maybe their independently wealthy and is doing it for fun. They probably lost a job at a bad time, couldn’t get hired for 8 months and then got fucked by a gap in their resume for another 18. Some of these gaps are even old. Like what do we care about three months fifteen years ago. Even if that’s a job they got fired from right away it’s olllld.
People care. When on interview committees I’ve had to argue that gaps aren’t relevant. Maybe it’s someone with the ability to plan and save and they decided to take a year or ten off. Maybe their independently wealthy and is doing it for fun. They probably lost a job at a bad time, couldn’t get hired for 8 months and then got fucked by a gap in their resume for another 18. Some of these gaps are even old. Like what do we care about three months fifteen years ago. Even if that’s a job they got fired from right away it’s olllld.
It’s because they hear all of those excuses and realize “It can happen again”
But they’ll use dog whistles like “Motivated” and “Hungry”