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5 Strategies to Combat an Employment Gap

By Jessica Holbrook Hernandez


Historically, having a significant gap in your professional employment has been viewed as a draw back or potential red flag on your professional resume.

However, given that a May Gallup poll showed that 19% of the American population is underemployed (either not working or working part-time instead of full-time), there are many, many job seekers out there wondering how to handle this resume issue. The good news is that there are ways to present gaps in employment that minimize their impact on your resume.

 



 

 
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