How to Manage Employment Gaps on Your Resume

By Martin Yate
A resume without employment dates considerably underperforms a resume with dates.
This means that if you want to get job interviews you need to use dates in your resume. Employment dates are some of the facts most frequently checked by employers. Consequently, the dates you use need to be defensible (and confirmed by your LinkedIn Profile).

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