A: Experience gaps happen when you resign immediately from a job with no ready and immediate job to transfer to. In principle, every applicant, including those with experience gaps are entitled to equal consideration for positions that they are qualified for. Then again, employers have the right not to consider you for employment when they feel that your record of experience gaps may be a sign of a personal character flaw that may not be beneficial to the company.
The short answer therefore is yes, gaps in your work experience may sometimes affect your chances of getting a job especially if the gaps are more than a year in duration. There may be a couple of things going through a potential employer’s head when he sees the gaps in your resume. He may think for example that you may be the type of person who has a hard time committing to a task or who easily gets tired of a job once it become a routine.
Of course, you may or may not really be an uncommitted or restless person. You can’t blame a potential employer if he thinks that you might be. Hiring a person who is restless and can’t commit will translate to time and economic losses for the company in the long run. The time and money spent to hire and train an employee who will just resign after a few months or years is a form of company loss. They would be able to save more time and money if they were able to pick an individual who is capable of making a long term commitment.
Fortunately, every good interviewer will give applicants a chance to explain the reasons behind experience gaps. If you have a very valid reason for the gaps then you can simply give your reason when you are asked about it during the interview.
Aside from experience gaps, skipping from one job to another in short periods of time may also affect your chances of getting accepted. Again, you may be given a chance to explain your past resignation and job transfer decisions.
So how do you explain experience gaps and job skipping? It’s tempting to reveal a couple of great explanations that employers will find acceptable. That would be unfair though to potential employers who need honest to goodness answers. It is enough to say that a good explanation is neither a lie nor an outright truth. You may reveal the truth behind the gaps and the job skipping but make sure you do so in a positive language that will not make your character appear bad.
what if its the other way around, termination within 3months for unexplained, vague reason, especially in management level position where so many backlogs of the previous staffs and was not asked for expantions and demand for a specific job, no specific job description at start. no termination process done -like warning for any violations if any,that come up of decision for termination. Maybe an aspiring employee said something to the management coz they had conflict with terminated employee. does terminated employee have any right or whats the stand on this? thank you