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The Gap-Friendly Resume

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The Gap-Friendly Resume
Building Your Resume
5 MINThe Gap-Friendly Resume
What you'll learn
  • →Choose between functional (skills-first) and chronological (date-first) resume formats based on your real situation.
  • →Use functional when you have gaps, are changing fields, or have non-traditional experience.
  • →Frame a multi-year gap as a chapter — not a hole — by giving it a name and a one-line description.
Proof task

Don't just watch. Do.

If you have a gap of more than 6 months, write the one-line chapter title for it. "Caregiver for aging parent, 2022-2024." "Personal recovery and reentry, 2021-2023." Honest. Specific. Forward-facing. Now it has a name.

Chapters

Jump to a moment.

  • 0:00The hook
  • 1:15The pattern
  • 2:45The interrupt
  • 4:30Practice scenario
  • 5:30The proof task
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“What gap have you been hiding that, if you named it on the page, would actually demonstrate something employers value?”

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