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Three Powerful Tips to Address Gaps in Your Career History

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Given the dot-com meltdown, frequent corporate downsizing, family situations, and the never-ending parade of mergers and acquisitions, more leadership professionals than ever are presenting a gap in between jobs to their next employer.

If this situation applies to you, remember that you are in good company! I would estimate that nearly a third of my clients have experienced a period of unemployment at one time or another.

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Your best bet in this case is to meet the challenge head-on by preparing to address the gaps directly.

Many studies have shown that interviewing does not provide the company with the best candidate for the job. Does that mean that interviewing is bad? No, it’s more that most interviewers are not that good. Very often, you’ll be interviewed by a recruiter who doesn’t know that much about the job, a human resource professional that knows about the company but not about your specialty, or by a hiring manager who knows their area but hasn’t been trained in interviewing techniques. Plus, interviewing often ends up being subjective and coming down to what kind of connection you have with the interviewer. That being said, there are several things you can do to increase your chances of a successful outcome in your interviews.