Help filling a gap on CV?

dizzyrascal

In that case why don't you try signing on with an agency and then you won't be taking a full time role off someone who can commit to it. The reality is that you cannot commit to a full time role as you will be leaving in September. There are part time jobs and summer jobs for students out there and if you have the right skills you could do admin work for an agency.

Emmzi

you are asking how to fill a gap on a cv and looking for an answer that is essentially "this lie will work." And then you are getting shirty when people make practical suggestions instead.

Why can't you just be honest instead of
a) messing an employer about and
b) depriving someone of a permanent job that needs it?

nimbo

no i can commit to a full time role on a temporary basis. realistically when a work place no longer needed me they would get rid of me, i will be doing the same.

i live in a town with no seasonal work, and very few job opportunities out there.

yes i have the right skills to do admin work for an agency - i also have the skills to work as an office manager. or even to teach in certain environments.... getting a slightly better paid job will do wonders for me, by allowing me the extra cash i need to learn to drive, and get a car with insurance etc....

yes i might potentially be taking a role of some one who could commit long term, however we all have to do things we don't love in order to pay bills etc. it's a horrid thing to think about - but frankly i doubt my landlord would allow me to live here if i couldn't pay him rent.

nimbo

i am willing to be honest but i'm trying to fill a 9 month gap with out having had a baby, or been to prison.

i won't lie about uni, but won't tell them unless i have to. - and i realise i don't need a permanent job, but i do need a job. what makes me any less deserving than any one else? i'm not expecting handouts, and i'm not going to lie to say i can be a managing director of something swish, i just need something that pays.

nimbo

Ya know what you're right badly worded - i'm not trying to fill the gap - i'm trying to explain a gap.

i'm not going to put down that i've been working on the market, as that sounds bad to office type environments, so i was looking for flowery words not an outright lie...

Winky,_The_House_Elf

I wouldn't lie about being at Uni, some employers would see it as a positive thing. We have lots of full time students where I work, but we open long hours so its easy for us to be flexible.

I would say that following redundancy, you decided to start studying and focus your time and energy on adjusting to Uni.

Now 9 months on, and with a clear understanding of the demands upon you, you are in a position to seek full time employment, as your studying hours required are minimal and wouldn't impact on your ability to be a comitted employee.

You don't actually have a gap on your CV as its actually covered by your time at Uni, its not considered unemployed, but it would be harder to explain without telling the truth.

Hope to help x

jaysb

Let’s face it, a large part of the uk workforce will have gaps in their CV - gaps must be becoming more common these days following the downturn

I think there is over emphasis by recruiters to fill or explain a gap, and candidates then become absorbed and unnecessarily worried by this

surely if you can show that you match the requirements of the job and can demonstrate what you have achieved or can do for the employer, then that would be a better approach than creating some story of what you did in the gap

I recently had a large gap (12 months) prior to getting back into work - I was not asked to explain this at the interviews I went to.

Savvy_Sue

OK, I misunderstood your first post about the 'one day' thing.

If you can teach, and you can teach for most of the summer term, then sign up for supply teaching. Sign up with agencies, keep your eyes peeled for temp vacancies, look for maternity cover, look for non-office hours jobs. Then you won't have anything to explain. Also there's going to be playworkers needed for summer playschemes (you might even just sneak in for Easter).

nimbo

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

OK, I misunderstood your first post about the 'one day' thing.

If you can teach, and you can teach for most of the summer term, then sign up for supply teaching. Sign up with agencies, keep your eyes peeled for temp vacancies, look for maternity cover, look for non-office hours jobs. Then you won't have anything to explain. Also there's going to be playworkers needed for summer playschemes (you might even just sneak in for Easter).

I can only teach in certain circumstance ie post compulsory - and the adult education teams in my area are being decimated.

Also in colleges etc there is less need for supply teachers, as more of it is done in house, as there are more teachers available who are on 'free' periods...

Not qualified to work with kiddies, and as the local college provides a really great array of childcare courses usually no places.... i just don't have the relevant experience (or to be honest patience) to work loads of with small children all day