Career gaps, career breaks, resume gaps, time-off. These more or less mean the same thing: you are not employed. 

So when the next opportunity comes your way, you get nervous about the best ways to share the gap-story!

For some its a joyous reason, but for most, it's a sentimental reason, as to why they were not gainfully engaged. 

But what if you did not have a sentimental story to share? What if your backstory does not add up? What if your break was your own mistake?

How do you then handle the career gap story when the recruiter reaches out with a new job opportunity? 

Tune in to this BasTalk podcast episode to  think about three ways to manager career gaps.

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