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.
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Just lie. Tell them you took a gap year for travel and make up some story about studying abroad. It's none of their business
In my experience this makes you an easy pass for employers. Officially, it'll be something else on your resume that made you unsuitable because they can't legally deny you employment on that basis but to them, it's about how profitable you are and illnesses aren't profitable.
Landlords are the same. I was on disability a few years ago and the amount of landlords who demanded that I disclose my illness/passed when I told them how I would be paying my rent was absurd. Legally that's 100% illegal but basically impossible to actually prove or find someone who cares.
Only thing is software devs are relatively in demand so it might be ok if you have some experience and interview well, and don’t want to lie. Probably easier to lie though lol