Periods of unemployment often raise questions for employers.
Applicants would therefore prefer to leave them out.
But that's not always a good idea.
Unemployment has a negative effect on many people.
Applicants therefore often have a queasy feeling that an unemployed phase in their job search could be their undoing.
But do applicants even have to state unemployment?
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When can I leave out unemployment on my résumé?
If the unemployment only affects a
short period of two to three months
, applicants can actually omit this from the résumé.
According to experts, such short periods of time are not considered gaps that applicants should absolutely avoid.
The same is true, by the way, with regard to the frequency: “With
one or two phases
of unemployment spread over ten years of total professional activity, it is perfectly legitimate not to list these separately.
Especially when the résumé is correspondingly long and detailed anyway, ”the experts
fromüberweisung.de
inform
.
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Many applicants find it difficult to state unemployment on their résumé.
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When do I have to declare that I was unemployed?
If you were unemployed for
more than three months
or if you were repeatedly unemployed, you should also honestly state these periods of time in your curriculum vitae (CV) and
explain them
briefly
, advises
karriereakademie.de.
Often there are also good reasons for this, such as bankruptcy or massive downsizing after a takeover.
But in other cases, too, there are ways and means of formulating unemployment in such a way that no negative impression is left behind.
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Formulate unemployment correctly - this is how it works
Those who package their unemployment correctly do not have to fear any negative consequences in the selection process for the new job.
The following formulations are helpful to "spruce up" unemployment in your CV:
“Job seeker” or
“
professional orientation
”
instead of unemployed:
These formulations sound much more positive and convey that you are actively doing something to find a job.
You
can also justify unemployment well in your CV
with a
sabbatical, re-entry after parental leave
or a
change of residence
.
Further training, language courses, voluntary work
: Those who make good use of their time without work have a stone in the board with HR staff.
Those who have given notice themselves and are thus responsible for their own unemployment use terms such as
“professional reorientation”
(when changing industries) or
“active job search”
(same industry).
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If you follow these formulation tips, nothing stands in the way of a successful job search - even if you are unemployed.
But applicants should also choose the right wording in their résumé for other information so that it addresses potential employers.
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