Gaps in Employment
There are a number of ways that I would recommend for dealing with gaps in employment.
The functional or hybrid CV is particularly useful because it gives you the opportunity to lead with information about your abilities. It placed less emphasis upon the detailed career history. This type of CV also gives the opportunity to draw attention to skills which may have been gained through voluntary work or sport.
Always express dates in years without the months. This means that short gaps in your employment will not show at all.
Gaps due to unemployment can be a little more difficult to deal with. However, employers will understand that it can sometimes be difficult to find a job, and if all else fails you could put ‘job seeking’ opposite the dates.
Sometimes gaps in employment can be due to family commitments. If this is the case, then simply put in ‘family commitments’ opposite the date. This is quite usual, especially where there are young families involved.
Probably the very best way of dealing with gaps in employment is by demonstrating that you were undertaking further training. There are a large number of training agencies, suited to training for every type of employment.
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