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That probably depends more on what is before the @. Is your mailadress a gamertag or some random thing you came up with as a teen? "Superbunny69" probably has a lower chance of success than "lastn.firstname"
Maybe I am an odd duck, but when I have been the guy looking at resumes and shit, I made a note not to read peoples email addresses. I don't care if your email is cumdumpster19 I care if you know how to configure a firewall. But I think most people look for reason to round file a resume and not reasons to say yes to an applicant.
This is exactly my take as well. The means by which you got your CV on my desk is irrelevant to me. In fact, the CV itself is like the pretty picture on a bottle of wine that persuades me to choose it over the other basically identical pinots. And shorts and a t–shirt looks as professional to me as a suit. Actually better because suits give me C suite vibes. I literally only want to have a conversation and see how much you sound like you've done this before and know how to not fuck it up.
Sorry to bother you but, any recommendations for several year work gap on my resume ?
As others have commented, a gap in your resume shouldn't even be a part of the conversation since it's just an absence of anything that would be relevant to the hiring process. Doesn't mean you won't be asked though, unfortunately, and I have experience being the candidate with a long gap, so I can tell you how I handled this.
Sitting on the hiring side of the table, my only concern is that you weren't just twiddling your thumbs. If you had personal matters to take care of, unpaid projects to focus on, family to look after, that is all part of life and none of my business. When explaining my own employment gap, I was frank about how my previous appointment had taken its toll on my mental health, and that I wanted to reconnect with other aspects of my life before taking on another role. I didn't go into any specifics, but made sure to mention that part of this time was spent studying stuff that's relevant in my field and exploring emerging technologies.
No matter how long a gap, it's not something you should acknowledge or attempt to explain in your resume or cover letter, and it's not something you need to bring up yourself in the interview. My view is that it's bad etiquette to even ask, and you should try to adopt this mentality yourself so that you project confidence if you have to answer the question. You have nothing to hide or be ashamed of. Your life is more than your CV.
Thanks to everyone who replied with advice. Appreciate it a lot.
YMMV based on the company you're applying to and how thoroughly theyre going to vet past work history, but I managed to land my current job by just putting "June 2024" as my leaving date instead of "June 2022" and just said the company recently restructured and did layoffs.
What you did with that time is our own business. The only thing that matters is why your current skills are relevent for the job.
experience teaches me that your likeability matters more