Finally! Started My New Job!

Kinja'd!!! by "MrDakka" (mrdakka)
Published 06/19/2017 at 21:41

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I gotta say it feels good working after a year and a half of unemployment.

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Kinja'd!!! "Racin'Jason001" (racinjason001)
06/19/2017 at 21:43, STARS: 0

YAY!

Kinja'd!!! "Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
06/19/2017 at 21:49, STARS: 0

How do you get over gap in employment? Did they ask for an explanation?

Kinja'd!!! "Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
06/19/2017 at 22:14, STARS: 0

Not a lot of people would last for a year and a half being unemployed!!! Holy moly!

Kinja'd!!! "Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
06/19/2017 at 22:22, STARS: 0

That’s awesome!

Kinja'd!!! "MrDakka" (mrdakka)
06/19/2017 at 23:03, STARS: 0

Yeah, but a year of that was studying for/taking the GRE as a fallback to get into grad school

Kinja'd!!! "Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
06/20/2017 at 00:17, STARS: 0

aww. I have gaps like that and was just wondering if you had tips to explain it because even when I have good reasons it seems interviewers dont care what reason one might have.

Kinja'd!!! "pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
06/20/2017 at 08:11, STARS: 0

what’s the new job?

Kinja'd!!! "MrDakka" (mrdakka)
06/20/2017 at 10:16, STARS: 0

Yeah, I just tried to show that I was active during that time, but I’ve had a lot of recruiters not call back after the phone/video interview

Kinja'd!!! "MrDakka" (mrdakka)
06/20/2017 at 10:16, STARS: 0

Design engineer at an engineering consultant firm

Kinja'd!!! "Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
06/20/2017 at 13:49, STARS: 0

Thats what I am concerned about. Not getting call backs or interviews and not knowing why I wonder if they think something nefarious is going on with my gaps for school and stuff.

Kinja'd!!! "MrDakka" (mrdakka)
06/20/2017 at 21:54, STARS: 0

I always assume they imagined me as a lazy slob during phone interviews, so I tried my best to dissuade them of that notion. I also shotgun blasted my resume anywhere and everywhere

Kinja'd!!! "Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
06/20/2017 at 23:23, STARS: 0

thanks for the tips. and congratulations!

Kinja'd!!! "MrDakka" (mrdakka)
06/20/2017 at 23:42, STARS: 0

Thanks and good luck on your future job hunts