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How to Answer Questions About Missing Resume Items

Prevailing advice about resumes says to condense your life’s work history and experience down as small as possible while still including everything important. But what do you do when the interviewer pulls out this question: “Tell me something that’s not on your resume?” This is a tricky question. If you include anything too important, the…

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The Past Two Years Were Weird – Here’s How You Can Explain Employment Gaps

An employment gap–a time during your work history when you were not employed–can be one of the most challenging hurdles in the interview process. Employment gaps used to be seen as a big problem for workers, but COVID-19 and a number of other life situations have made these gaps more common and acceptable to employers….