Hi chapo, How the fuck do you find work when you have major gaps in your resume?
Short story: I went through a long fucked up period dealing with addiction and mental health issues. I'm fairly okay now mentally/psychically. But I'm having a real hard time finding work. Last time I had a "real" job was over five years ago, also around the time I graduated college. But I have nothing to put on my resume since then. I have zero networking connects, no one to put as a reference.
I need a job real bad but I don't know what to do. With no experience and no connects I feel like no one wants to hire me, but I can't fulfill those requirements without finding work that I can't get. I fucking hate it.
I'm also dogshit at doing interviews and I don't know how to explain long work absences without freaking out employers. What can I do?
P.S. I don't wanna say where I live for privacy reasons but I do not live in America.
i just say i did contract work sporadically, babysitting or home refurbishing, just whatever floats your boat. as for why i did spotty work, why it was to care for my dear ailing father as he was in at home hospice. none of that is necessarily a lie for me (well, besides the "dear" part i guess), but i embellish a bit.
i dunno if it's the best tactic but it's mine for explaining my depression joblessness
Yeah, I was thinking of something like that... I fucking suck at lying though. How did you deal with references?
friends or family i ask nicely to lie for me. my buddy with 0 children told me he'd tell anyone who called that i was an excellent worker who was great with his kids.
Seconding this, I've explained a year-long gap with "caring for ailing family member." I've papered over longer gaps by saying I worked at a place that's now out of business (to be fair, I actually did work there, but I got very creative with dates).