Getting back to work after a long time off
Jan 26, 2017
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My family member has a huge gap in his resume due to illness. He was been battling cancer for a few years. But he's beaten it and ready to get back to work. We are trying to figure out how to explain the missing time to prospective employers on his resume. Any advice here? Should we mention time off due to illness?
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A good way for anyone to dial in their job search is to put together a resume/portfolio and get it in front of people in their network. I'm talking about market research, as a precursor to job searching.
Reach out to people in your primary and secondary networks and tell them, "Hey, I just beat cancer and I'm ready to get back to work. Can you take a look at my resume and let me know 1. am I representing my experience well, and 2. what kinds of jobs should I target given the gap in my employment."
Iterate on that a few times and see what you learn.