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Is your resume up to date with how employers’ selection processes have evolved in post-pandemic conditions?<\/p>\n

Layoffs in the first three months of 2023 exceeded layoffs in the last six months of 2022. This change happened companies started to defend against high inflation and multiple rounds of interest rate hikes that could send the U.S. economy into recession.<\/p>\n

A larger pool of potential employees diverging from the traditionalist path since the Covid-19 pandemic has led more job seekers to re-evaluate the balance between career and life. Employers are forced to think more creatively about how to hire.<\/p>\n

Check out these three strategies that go against what you may have heard about resume writing in the past to recession-proof your job search.<\/p>\n

Explain The Employment Gaps Instead Of Hiding Them<\/h2>\n

Traditional resume advice cautioned against exposing employment gaps for fear of being seen as unreliable or less desirable as a potential employee. Employers are less likely to care about gaps in work history than they might have been before the pandemic.<\/p>\n

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Good employers are now more understanding that employment gaps are not a sign of poor work ethic \u2014 they can be due to poor economic conditions, health, caregiving responsibilities or just by pure choice.<\/p>\n

As a former recruiter, I could easily spot when a candidate was trying to hide an employment gap because they left off the months in their dates of employment. Many candidates falsely think that will let them off the hook, but on the contrary, it made me more likely question whether or not that employee was fired versus having a good reason to have a gap.<\/p>\n

It also made me question if they lacked attention to detail by not remembering something as simple as employment dates.<\/p>\n

Instead, be honest with your dates of employment and keep the dates accurate on your resume. Here are some examples I\u2019ve used to explain gaps in resumes I\u2019ve written:<\/p>\n