“What we really need are businesses who are open minded enough to at least ask applicants to explain GAPS in employment”
Is it REALLY necessary to explain a recession and 10% unemployment? What kind of moron HR people are out there?
RE: What kind of moron HR people are out there?
Too many I’m afraid. And I know of too many who can’t use common sense either. A lot of them don’t even know the meaning of the skillsets their companies are looking for and only work by key words written in a resume.
I even know of large companies that don’t bother to READ your resume, prefering to use some sort of smart scanning software to filter out certain people based on key words.
HR is bizzaro world. Most HR departments are a mess, and a fiscal liability, to the companies they serve.
Most large companies are starting to farm that out to a third party.
When I told them I didn't list that particular position because it was totally unrelated to my subsequent and current career path, they wanted to know details which were even more irrelevant.
I think they invited me because I have an ethnic sounding name and then rejected me because I don't look sufficiently ethnic to go with it. But I can't prove it.