Huge or Frequent Gaps in Employment
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2025 9:24 am
This can be a pretty big warning sign if a candidate is not upfront with an explanation. While a large time gap can signify a career or life change, frequent gaps in employment are more of a red flag.
Changing jobs frequently or having gaps in between many jobs often leads to a candidate who is unreliable or, to put it frankly, unemployable. A reliable employee will spend at least a year at any place of employment. If a resume is showing several three, four or five month stints at different places, this may be a resume (and a candidate) to cast off to the side.
No Concentrated Experience
Imagine that you are hiring for an experienced administrative assistant. You may find an norway phone number resource applicant who graduated from a great school and has lots of experience. There is only one problem; the experience is all over the place.
A great candidate, however, will be able to connect all relevant experience to the job at hand. If a candidate uses her resume to relate her experiences and duties at other positions in a creative (and relevant!) manner, consider taking the next steps with this applicant.
Resume is Too Long / Resume is Too Short
There are many opinions on what is “the perfect” length of a resume. Some argue that a resume should never ever be longer than one page, period. Others argue that a resume should include all relevant information within the last 10-15 years. There is yet another subsect that will argue (yes, argue!) that all experience should be included.
Let’s face it, though. No recruiter wants to dig through a five page resume. Conversely, a resume in 24 point Helvetica taking up half a page is simply not going to cut it. If a candidate cannot fill a page with experience, she simply may not be cut out for the job.
A worthwhile applicant will be able to balance relevant work and life experience in a resume that ideally will not exceed two pages. Moreover, the information will be balanced, relevant and include experience that occurred within this century (Yes, 1999 was almost 20 years ago, guys!)
Changing jobs frequently or having gaps in between many jobs often leads to a candidate who is unreliable or, to put it frankly, unemployable. A reliable employee will spend at least a year at any place of employment. If a resume is showing several three, four or five month stints at different places, this may be a resume (and a candidate) to cast off to the side.
No Concentrated Experience
Imagine that you are hiring for an experienced administrative assistant. You may find an norway phone number resource applicant who graduated from a great school and has lots of experience. There is only one problem; the experience is all over the place.
A great candidate, however, will be able to connect all relevant experience to the job at hand. If a candidate uses her resume to relate her experiences and duties at other positions in a creative (and relevant!) manner, consider taking the next steps with this applicant.
Resume is Too Long / Resume is Too Short
There are many opinions on what is “the perfect” length of a resume. Some argue that a resume should never ever be longer than one page, period. Others argue that a resume should include all relevant information within the last 10-15 years. There is yet another subsect that will argue (yes, argue!) that all experience should be included.
Let’s face it, though. No recruiter wants to dig through a five page resume. Conversely, a resume in 24 point Helvetica taking up half a page is simply not going to cut it. If a candidate cannot fill a page with experience, she simply may not be cut out for the job.
A worthwhile applicant will be able to balance relevant work and life experience in a resume that ideally will not exceed two pages. Moreover, the information will be balanced, relevant and include experience that occurred within this century (Yes, 1999 was almost 20 years ago, guys!)