Not difficult to understand

Comments

• Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  "I was unemployed"

  • Why?
  • Can they not even keep a job?

  "I took a sabbatical"

  • Mysterious
  • Arousing
  • Shows off the size of your enormous sack

  source

  • kadup@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What’s your biggest strength?

    The size of my enormous sack

    source

    • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Randy Marsh, sir, you’re hired.

      source
  • LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Image

    source
• RangerJosey@lemmy.ml ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No I can’t. I signed an NDA.

  source

  • blubfisch@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The NDA: Dear me, I promise to talk about the fun times only with my friends and not with potential employers. Signed, me.

    source
  • slappypantsgo@lemm.ee ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This can also help you filter the lunatics from the normal workplaces. In an interview, I once explained that I couldn’t discuss specifics of my client work because of confidentiality and NDAs, and they kept pushing. It wasn’t even the same industry! There was no obvious competitive advantage.

    source

    • CandleTiger@programming.dev ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Maybe they wanted to be ver very sure you weren’t covering a not-working period /s

      source
  • andybytes@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    On snap… It could work if you are a good bullshit artist

    source
• slappypantsgo@lemm.ee ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This question should be illegal to ask.

  source
• kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Image

  source

  • daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Will this actually work?

    source

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      For the most part, yes. They only really ask the question because they automatically assume you were in jail if you have a gap over 2’ish weeks long. So they’re really just looking for some sort of explanation besides “I was just unemployed for no reason.” Because they assume “no reason” is really “I don’t want to admit that I was in jail.”

      source

      • -> View More Comments
    • BussyCat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It depends on the context if you say you had an NDA and can’t elaborate at all on the details that’s a clear red flag as most NDAs you can at least give the context of what it is about I.e. specific job processes, witnesses an event, etc.

      If you say you worked for X company but can’t talk about the details of your work because of an NDA then that’s fine but they might call your old employer to verify you did really work there.

      source
    • ExtantHuman@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Not even remotely.

      source
    • Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I can’t tell you, I signed an NDA

      source
  • OmegaLemmy@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Oh. I’m bookmarking this. Great idea.

    source
• lemmy12369@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I was told one way is: I singed a nda and I’m not allowed to answer that

  source

  • Draegur@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    My refusal to answer is proof that I’m trustworthy :3

    source
  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You’d still be asked to provide start and end dates and place of employment if your work was confidential. If the NDA prohibits you from disclosing your employment entirely, it will typically include a restriction against disclosing the existence of the NDA itself.

    source

    • Scubus@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      “I legally cannot tell you what I was doing from 20xx-20xx”

      source

      • -> View More Comments
  • letsgo@lemm.ee ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Was singeing the NDA the reason you didn’t keep that job?

    source
• rdri@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yes. I created the document in Google docs, and you opened it in Word.

  source

  • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That’s why you should provide PDF of you resume.

    source

    • qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Nah just give them the .tex source and let them deal with it.

      source
  • toastmeister@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I created it in Word and opened it in Teams by accident once.

    source

    • Hupf@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Teams embedded Office is the worst. Like, can you not, and would it hurt to be ⅔ less bloated by doing so?

      source
• iamkindasomeone@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  In Germany, just ask them what the gap between 1933 and 1945 in their company’s history is as a direct response.

  source

  • groet@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I am not sure drawing a comparison between your unemployment and the reign of the Nazis is the best move

    source

    • Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      But if you get a rise out of them it’ll be perfect.

      source
• zakobjoa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “I had to provide end of life care to a close relative.”

  I have a big gap from a few years of depression and that’s my go to line. I have never ever heard a follow up question.

  source

  • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I have a big gap from a few years of depression

    It’s relieving to hear I’m not the only one, that shit was crippling. Glad we both made it through!

    source

    • zakobjoa@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Fuck yeah. We survived!

      source
  • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    How big are we talking, I sometimes feel like taking a year off to fix my mental health, but I fear it will kill my career

    source

    • zakobjoa@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I have a year of uni (unfinished), a year of an apprenticeship (unfinished) and then 1.5yrs of joblessness. Started at 20, I learned a trade in my mid twenties and have a solid career now. I just regret I was never able to finish uni.

      source
• explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “I was consulting.”

  It’s true, I was giving out advice left and right.

  source

  • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I totally had a guy catch and call me on that

    “Those 3 months I did consulting for a local elderly care facility, helping them learn some computer basics”

    “Sir, your parents don’t count” without missing a beat. I actually did help other people in that specific chunk he was asking about, but rude lol, and I think that might even be a big part of why I didn’t get that one tbh

    source
  • camelbeard@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It was my sabbatical, and be really smug when you say it, like I’m better than you.

    source

    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      “I inherited some money and could afford to pursue personal interests (getting high and playing videogames)”

      source
  • Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Online and on video games.

    source
• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  FMLA is always a safe bet. Only one available to care for a dying family member buys sympathy and is an area they can’t legally ask any follow-up questions.

  Source: former corporate shill and interviewer

  source
• pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Haha, as if anyone actually asks that. A gap gets you automatically rejected by the employment AI, long before humans see it.

  source

  • dan69@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Can someone confirm for a recruitment standpoint.

    source
  • lemmy12369@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What does one put on the resume then?

    source

    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      lies

      source
    • etchinghillside@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You use the other AI to fill it in on the resume.

      source

      • -> View More Comments
• Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “Sorrry, I have an NDA”

  source

  • TragicNotCute@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    NDAs generally prohibit you from stating that you are under NDA.

    Better to be cryptic “I can’t really go into details due to my clearance”.

    source

    • HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That doesn’t work either

      They still want name of employer and dates

      Lots of cleared applicants have probably applied there in the past

      source

      • -> View More Comments
• Litebit@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If i have to explain the gap (which clearly means I was not employed), it means you are incompetent, you fail my interview, I don’t work with incompetent bosses.

  source
• PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That’s too much info. A simple “I can” answers their question.

  source
• Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “That is the year when I was happy.”

  source

  • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “I cosplayed as a person who was free.”

    source
• NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Those were the times I was taking time off to argue with the voices in my head that were telling me to kill again.

  source

  • Texas_Hangover@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Did you win the argument?

    source

    • NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s what the interviewer asked too. The voices didn’t like that question…

      source
    • JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      For like 3 months out of the 2 year gap, yeah

      source

      • -> View More Comments
• CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I spent some time in a mountain cave replica in a Nepalese themed restaurant, diligently honing my programming skills without the noise of the outside world. No internet, no mains, no toilet. Just me, my laptop, an angry manager who called the police and 60 charged replacement batteries that fell off a truck.

  There I created the art of meditative programming where I learned to program not just my machine, but myself. As a result of this resume gap I am now able to function as a 13.6% more productive employee and have finally met the benchmark of 1.0x engineer. At my former employer I delivered a project which brought them in revenue totaling at least $12, giving me priceless experience because of this training.

  source

  • CandleTiger@programming.dev ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    <chef’s kiss>

    source
• duckythescientist@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “I took four months off to recover from burnout”

  source

  • Fallofturkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That’s pretty much what I said - I took some time off for my family. I was getting called 3-4 times a week between 6pm-5am, often times not being present for them, so I had to make a change or risk losing them. I got the job and don’t get called at night. Win-win all except for those 4 months without paying and stress of resume rewrites and a million applications.

    source
  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yes. I’ve basically said that, not that I’ve had such a rude, direct question from an interviewer.

    source
• stoly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  An idiot asked me that once when I had just finished my masters. Like did you read my resume?

  source

  • blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I think they do that to:

    1. Judge your reaction to being asked stupid questions.

    2. Check that you know what’s written on your CV, to see if you’re lying on it or something?

    C) Because someone else chose the candidates for interview.

    source

    • stoly@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Based on the context and my own personal experience as a person who has interviewed hundreds as a hiring manager --not syaing I do this, just that I understand-- they said “HEY FRANK WE NEED YOU TO SIT IN THIS INTERVIEW IN 30 MINUTES. K THANKS” and Frank showed up and tried to pretend that he knew what was going on.

      source

      • -> View More Comments
• gradual@lemmings.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They want people who like to be abused.

  They don’t want people with self-respect.

  source
• iAvicenna@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  In principle they shouldn’t be allowed to ask that. if they seem to be giving too much weight to that they are just being lazy on trying to evaluate you and they will likely be bad employers who believe that taking time off for yourself is a red flag

  source
• twice_hatch@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Took a year off to let everyone else catch up 💅

  source
• Freshparsnip@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I was working on my mental health

  source

  • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Oh you have had mental health problems? I’m not sure we’re going to be a good fit for your kind…

    source

    • Freshparsnip@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That’s discrimination

      source

      • -> View More Comments
  • toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    in other words, it’s why i’m not trying to strangle you for asking me that question!

    source
• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “Those are line breaks. You see it’s easier to read if you break up blocks of text into paragraphs separated by a whole empty line.”

  source
• lime@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  i have never been asked this question and i actively remove positions that aren’t relevant to the job i send that particular resume to

  source
• Suavevillain@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Me: “I was moving in silence or under a NDA.”

  source
• Event_Horizon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I always put in “traveling overseas”

  In my case this is actually true, but I’ve never had anyone question me taking 12 months off every few years

  source
• refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “Yeah, I spent that time driving Uber/Doordash/whatever.”

  source

  • Nalivai@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Depending on your career, this might be worse than not doing anything

    source

    • cornshark@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Why’s that?

      source

      • -> View More Comments
• Dearth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yes, i was pursuing other opportunities that do not relate to this field so i did not include them

  source
• joyjoy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “The economy”

  source