How To Explain Employment Gaps In Your Resume

There’s a popular misconception about gaps in employment on a résumé; that they're a dealbreaker to recruiters. Job seekers tend to assume that companies prefer candidates with work experience that seamlessly flows from one employer to the next; many people worry about how to explain common occurrences such as being laid off, quitting a bad job before having a new one, taking an extended family leave or experiencing a personal emergency that temporarily takes them out of the workforce.