Resume Examples with Employment Gaps
The following sample resumes address the issue of unemployment in work history due to layoffs, being fired, sickness, parenting, school, personal time off, and bad luck. Click on the job title to see the whole resume.
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Medical/ Pharmaceutical Sales
Sample Resume for a job in Medical / Pharmaceutical Sales
This resume exudes energy and enthusiasm. This job seeker has moved quickly through several jobs and has at least one gap in employment when she moved from Spain to the U.S. From her Education section we learn that she received high-level education and training while living [...]
Manufacturer’s Sales Representative in the Fashion Industry
Sample Resume for a Job as a Manufacturer’s Sales Representative in the Fashion Industry
This job seeker has a colorful work history filled with job hopping, self-employment, and a gap in employment due to travel. He wants to make a slight career change within the sales field. With no dates in his Education section, it is [...]
Project Management Focusing on Program Development and Training
Sample Resume for a Job in Project Management, Focusing on Program Development and Training
This job candidate has been hard at work on his Ph.D. program, which he has not yet completed. His work history lists short-term jobs and one gap in employment during his education. He is currently unemployed and is seeking a position in [...]
Management, Marketing Communications
Sample Resume for a job in Management, Marketing Communications
This resume is for someone who is an achiever in his field with a few obstacles to overcome when convincing an employer to hire him. Notice that the most recent entry in his Work History hides the fact that he was actually unemployed while doing several jobs [...]
Supply Chain Manager or Analyst for a Manufacturing Company
Sample Resume for a job as Supply Chain Manager or Analyst for a Manufacturing Company
This resume is strong on accomplishments, although the job seeker seems to have trouble holding down a job. She disguised some employment gaps by listing only years, not months, in her Professional Experience section. She is currently unemployed and hopes to [...]
Executive Director for Performing Arts for Children
Sample Resume for a Job as Nonprofit Executive Director in a Performing Arts for Children Organization
This resume artfully presents the job seeker’s professional expertise and personal interests to support his job objective. Despite being currently unemployed/self-employed, and having a gap in employment due to education, he is clearly a qualified job candidate. Functional resume. [...]
IT Professional
Sample Resume for a Job as an IT Professional
For an IT professional, short-term jobs are common. This job seeker disguised a one-year employment gap by referring to consulting work he did during that time. He avoided disclosing his age by not listing dates under Education. Chronological resume. E-resume version of this resume for posting [...]
Management Coach/ Management Consultant
Sample Resume for a Job as Management Coach / Management Consultant
This job seeker used a very confident introduction by writing a professional title at the top of her resume instead of the traditional job objective statement. Not until we get to page two do we get a hint that she is currently unemployed and has [...]
Organizational Development Consultant
Sample Resume for a Job as Organizational Development Consultant
This resume is for a mother who is currently unemployed and re-entering the workforce after 13 years of full-time parenting. She wrote about her extensive volunteer work under Professional Experience, which supported her career change from the one she had prior to her gap in employment. [...]
Project Management with Focus on Administration, Team Leadership, and Customer Care
Sample Resume for a Job in Project Management with focus on Administration, Team Leadership, and Customer Care
This job seeker disguised her gap in employment (see page two) by listing volunteer work she did for one year. This “flaw” is balanced by her several promotions from her previous place of employment. Note there are no dates [...]
Administrative Position Using Skills in Desktop Publishing
Sample Resume for an Administrative Position Using Skills in Desktop Publishing.
This job seeker is currently unemployed and seeking a job in the same line of work as she previously held. Under Work History, she handled job hopping and employment gaps by listing only years (no months), and she gave the name of the agency where [...]
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