Comments on: Resume Gaps http://dt.obility.net/discussion/resume-gaps/ Discussions on Disruptive Technology and Entrepreneurship Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:20:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Kath http://dt.obility.net/discussion/resume-gaps/#comment-14 Kath Sun, 13 May 2007 15:17:54 +0000 http://dt.obility.net/?p=40#comment-14 Ouch! Not all recruiters are guilty as charged :-) I recruit Allied Health Care workers (Respiratory Therapists, Diagnostic X-Ray techs, etc) and we allow gaps of up to a year, sometimes 18 months or longer under certain circumstances. We realize that people (especially Healthcare Workers) get burned out. They may take time off to care for an ill family member, to go back to school, or as one of my clients does, takes several months at a time off to fulfill his goal of seeing all the continents before he is 30. On the other hand, many hospitals will balk at hiring a Therapist to fill a high-acuity need (ie- NICU- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) if the Therapist has been out of the field for over a year. It's just too risky for the patients not to have someone who can hit the ground running. I realize your post is probably directed to more high-tech industries...just wanted to weigh in with my 2 cents! Ouch! Not all recruiters are guilty as charged :-)
I recruit Allied Health Care workers (Respiratory Therapists, Diagnostic X-Ray techs, etc) and we allow gaps of up to a year, sometimes 18 months or longer under certain circumstances. We realize that people (especially Healthcare Workers) get burned out. They may take time off to care for an ill family member, to go back to school, or as one of my clients does, takes several months at a time off to fulfill his goal of seeing all the continents before he is 30.

On the other hand, many hospitals will balk at hiring a Therapist to fill a high-acuity need (ie- NICU- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) if the Therapist has been out of the field for over a year. It’s just too risky for the patients not to have someone who can hit the ground running.

I realize your post is probably directed to more high-tech industries…just wanted to weigh in with my 2 cents!

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