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Originally Posted by seesaw
Believe me, I know what you are going through. I was finding I was getting turned down for jobs I was well qualified for, but my resume just wasn't written in that slick (I would say sneaky) way others were, so I reformatted and edited mine and now I get hits left and right. ANd I have an 18 month gap in my resume due to mental health treatment. What I say when asked about that is that I got sick and had to get medical treatment, and I leave it at that. Hasn't caused any issues in me getting an interview, second interview, or the job I currently have.
So there are ways to answer those questions that will satisfy the recruiter. One thing you can say too is that you had a sick relative and had to take time off to care for the sick relative. No one questions that.
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You're right. I could tell them that I got sick and talk about a sick relative because that technically isn't a lie because my mother did have a lot of health issues as I grew into adulthood including later on being diagnosed with lung cancer before eventually dying. I will just leave out the fact that she was the person who screwed my life up. Maybe I can get an emotional response from employers if I can't prove myself any other way haha
Still though, I really need to figure out how I am going to design a good resume when I have hardly anything to put on it. I am waiting on the DRS to contact me because I was going to rely on them to help me, but I can't wait any longer I want to be getting things done now.
I tried looking up examples of resumes made by people without any work experience but every time I do it makes me feel worthless because every resume example that I've found talks about the person's good grades or extracirricular activities that the person excelled in and I don't have anything like that because I barely did well enough to graduate in high school because I was struggling with bullies and my mother's antics at home. All I have is trade school but unless I apply for jobs in the IT field, what point does putting it on there even solve? Especially considering the fact that I never actually finished the program that I was in because I found it too overwhelming due to my MI.
All this waiting is driving me insane!