aahhhhb, loveeee this!!!! ive been out of a job for several years now. this sounds like a great excuse i can pull off and sound genuine if and when i decide to work again, ahaha. thanks!!!
"Can you explain this gap on your resume?" "Yeah, I didn't feel like working." "Why would we hire someone that just didn't feel like working for a year?" "I feel like working now."
@@nati0598 "Because, A. You don't want to do the work, and 2. They're hiring next door and down the street. It's a seller's market. Anyways, are we about done here? I have 3 more interviews today."
I remember applying for a job like that. There wasn't anything to talk about because the interviewer didn't know or would be able to tell me anything about the project 😂
Having known both an ex-CIA operative and a guy who did contract work at (not "for", but "at") the Pentagon, the way around this is certain phrasing. The CIA guy failed so spectacularly that he ended up in Time Magazine, but all he would sat is "I did some work through the embassy"
A defence contractor can often not know if they can do a defence job until they have taken the contract and thus given access to past defence employees who know how to do the job. This is potentially devastating if the tech is old enough to be only known by retired personnel, who they then have to offer lucrative salaries.
I know your pain there. Worked out fine, but that is also because I am a veteran and used veteran resources to get me my current job. Doesn't pay as well, but less (and different) BS and drama.
My last job had us sign a NDA, where we couldn't say how we truly feel about the company while we worked for them. Now that i am not contractly obligated, it is open season lol
That would be an unenforceable agreement as it violates First Amendment rights and Freedom of Association to speak with other employees. Even if you sign a contract starting you give up rights, that is not enforceable, you can executive all those rights. It's scare tactics for middle managers to continue being petty and stealing your pay.
I worked at a restaurant once that had a clause in its standard contract about not giving out information on the company to third parties. I pointed out to the manager that the way it was written technically included giving a menu to our guests. There's no way they could actually _do_ anything with that since it was part of our normal duties, so there never was a problem with it while I worked there.
Makeing you sign an NDA is proof that it was a terrible workplace under terrible people with terrible pay. Why would someone want to hide good things about it's company.
I actually had this happen to me. There was a gap in my resume because of one place that I worked at that did have me sign an NDA. I could put the company name but I couldn't put what I did there. They actually called the contact to try to get more information, finding out all they could do was to verify that yes I did in fact sign an NDA 🤣
@@An_Ian ha! jokes aside, i don't think an NDA would prevent people from answering that. heck, some NDAs even let you name your employer (like a government contract) but not what you did.
@@blazypika2 I wrote a really long paragraph of examples but I deleted it to write TL:DR, civilian organisations that exclusively work for government (and para-military) black ops projects do exist and they definitely NDA their own existence 😆 haha... rare but it's around.
Then you invent a company in which you are President, CEO, Chairman of the Board and the intern in charge of coffee runs all at once, and put that on your resume.
Employers asking about the gap is already a red flag. They care too much about those details that may or may not be related. They want you only focused on work and not home.
You realize an interview may ask many questions to get information about the individual because they need to know how this person operates. if they’re a good fit for the company so they may ask about your employment history. if you don’t have a solid response then that could might imply that you’re lazy and you don’t want to work. So, the question actually relates.
I was once asked about my resume gap, when there was a huge unemployment rate in my country, I was from the "booming" (bit different from U.S. bommers) generation and everybody knew how difficult it was to get a job. They asked: why gap in your resume? me: because I was looking for a job. they: you could have been a waitress. me: would being a waitress help me get this job? they: no. me: there you go. them: silence.
@@nothingelseitriedwasavailablee I doubt that. Fun fact, as of two years ago there still was a block buster in Alaska, and at least one toys r us in Canada. They still might be there to this day!
@@agalerex I can confirm there is a toy r us in Winnipeg. It closed briefly during the bankruptcy before reopening. Not entirely sure what happened internally but it's still there with the name.
my resume is so full of non-explanations of what I did just listing technologies that are publicly available because of those NDAs the only thing that wasn't under NDAs was the one open source project that had to do with crypto so it hurts me even more making employers believe I'm a cryptobro :sob:
You have to check state laws on this one. In my state, the potential employer can not legally ask these questions. The person being interviewed can sue for discrimination. The company is not allowed to ask another company anything personal about the employee. The former employer can be sued for disclosing personal information. In my state, the former employer is only allowed to disclose the dates of employment, not the reason the employee left. Anything that could prevent a person from getting a job in the future can be prohibited by state law. If you violate these laws, you can end up paying the person you didn't hire to stay at home and not work.
What state? I’m in NY but moving to NJ. I’ve had a hard af time getting employment. A potential employer asked about gaps when I was 25. I told the truth, I had a bad start after I turned 18 for health reasons (no extra details beyond that sentence). They mentioned I hadn’t had a job for a full year, my counterpoint being I would have, then COVID happened and closed my job, now I need a new one. She literally said I should never get hired. She called for an interview just to tell me that because I had a rough start, my life should be over. And I guess she was right, because the entry level jobs I apply to (even though I’ve had the same job for the better part of 5 years, consistently for 2, before this last couple months) say I’m not qualified even though the only qualifications are work in the US and have a diploma.
This may be true, but most of this stuff for a majority of people goes unenforced. That’s probably technically illegal, but then again most of our Labor Laws in the United States are basically unenforceable, too expensive to enforce, or to expensive and complex on the part of the plaintiffs/alleged victims to sue for protecting their rights or for claiming damages.
Same in Australia, but it would be very hard to prove. Apparently, they can just simply ask, "Would you hire them again?" and get all the information they need anyway.
When I first heard about non-compete I was shocked. The clause literally means if you're fired or quit you're not allowed to do the job your were trained for and have experience in. It effectively requires you to become unemployed or get a shitty job like McDonald's or street cleaner. How can this be legal? If you design engines you can't design engines any more. If you teach English, you can't teach English any more. How come this is possible in the country of freedom?
When I applied for my current job 25 years ago, I was also asked about the gaps in my resume. I just said I didn't want to work during that time (which was true). The bosses shrugged it off, and we moved on. They were much more interested in the free software I had written during that time.
For most people today, they’d be rejected for the using that explanation, if they haven’t already been rejected for simply having a gap in their resume, even if they’re looking for a very junior entry-level job. Being a full-time student won’t help you explain the gap in your resume because most employers don’t take it seriously, you need to do freelance work between your gaps and mix in some personal projects and college-level capstone projects to fill in the gap if you can’t find a full time or part-time permanent position, internships, temp contract jobs, or professional volunteer positions. I Legit had internships for 3 out of the 4 years I was in college as a full time student but got grilled by a recruiter for a career gap I took my 3rd (junior) year because of a terrible class schedule I had (where I had to take classes for my job-applicable-skill-based concentration at odd times throughout the day) so I could graduate on time, and because many employers suspended or recinded internships due to COVID-19. After 3 years of internships in college, I and many of my peers had to do freelance work post-graduation until we got real entry-level jobs. (The other thing college kids who couldn’t get mainstream entry-level jobs or additional post-graduation internships did was do freelance work.). Maybe most companies are only hiring part-time/full-time temporary contract workers and short-term interns instead of full-time full-fledged employees. That’s one common reason why some people, especially recent college grads, and others in certain socio-economic situations, work a few months to a year or only a few years per employer. Some don’t job hop because they want to, they job hop because their non-renewable temporary contract positions have been completed or they work as freelancers/independent contractors on temporary short-term to long-term projects for several clients. Other times, those who job hop do so because their previous employer is paying them below market value, is committing wage theft, is scamming them, and/or salary increases don’t match cost of living.
Awesome! That is playing and winning by their rules. XD The only weird part is that at least in my country, NOBODY talks with your old employers, at least onsoftware development. (at least for middle management or lower positions)
BIRDIE:"I'd like to sign your NDA, but a previous NDA precludes me from signing NDAs" SHROOM: *blink-blink* Its all so true...I love these ❤ 😂 DJ xSUBn
From reading the comments i realized how amazing that taking time off work instantly means everything you ever did in the past means nothing and youre now completely worthless and not even worth looking at.
Yeah. Being a full-time student won’t help you explain the gap in your resume because most employers don’t take it seriously, you need to do freelance work between your gaps and mix in some personal projects and college-level capstone projects to fill in the gap if you can’t find a full time or part-time permanent position, internships, temp contract jobs, or professional volunteer positions. I Legit had internships for 3 out of the 4 years I was in college as a full time student but got grilled by a recruiter for a career gap I took my 3rd (junior) year because of a terrible class schedule I had (where I had to take classes for my job-applicable-skill-based concentration at odd times throughout the day) so I could graduate on time, and because many employers suspended or recinded internships due to COVID-19. After 3 years of internships in college, I and many of my peers had to do freelance work post-graduation until we got real entry-level jobs. (The other thing college kids who couldn’t get mainstream entry-level jobs or additional post-graduation internships did was do freelance work.). Maybe most companies are only hiring part-time/full-time temporary contract workers and short-term interns instead of full-time full-fledged employees. That’s one common reason why some people, especially recent college grads, and others in certain socio-economic situations, work a few months to a year or only a few years per employer. Some don’t job hop because they want to, they job hop because their non-renewable temporary contract positions have been completed or they work as freelancers/independent contractors on temporary short-term to long-term projects for several clients. Other times, those who job hop do so because their previous employer is paying them below market value, is committing wage theft, is scamming them, and/or salary increases don’t match cost of living.
Work-around: create a bs title for those gaps and slot it in. I've said I was a "freelance writer" for a year between jobs. I said I wrote product descriptions. Also tenable to say housekeeper, dog walker, elder care, etc. depending on the person's situation. If the company asks why not keep doing that, just be honest about the income not covering expenses, or not being able to compete at the market rate.
I love this. It just made a 360 degrees and ended up at NDA. Hilarious. I think its a non discloser agreement but this is the first time I have heard it called NDA.
The people I used to work for are part of national security, that's all you need to know. Unless you want guys that look like the Blues Brothers or Men in Black showing up at your house, I'd implore you to stop asking any further questions about it. Thanks
Been there, done that, tell me something that actually intimidates me. I've been through that whole rigamarole and having to get my resume cleared by people in that realm. Just became, I worked for these people here, I did stuff that won't see the light of day for at least twenty-five years, and that is all you are cleared to know. Coming out of the classified realm is FUN, right?
Company shut down - it can be temporary, so no. Absorbed by other company - unless new company doesn't waive the NDAs - no, change of the owner, name does not make the company disappear, or their legal situation between employees and employers change unless: see above. NDAs are for a limited time usually, for two, up to five years, depending on the industry, so it's not so long either.
Some of the typical HR questions just don't make sense to me. When I have to hire candidates for my team, I don't care if they have 1 year or 10 years of gap, I just want people who are competent enough to do the job and don't break rules, that's all I want from my team, suffice to say that my approach isn't very popular among my colleagues and bosses who thinks I'm too laid back, but my team loves me and so far we are getting things done on time. It doesn't have to be complicated 🤦♂️
Another lovely little tid bit of info is that past employers are not allowed to disclose how you behaved only to confirm if u were employed with that company, it would violate Federal law...
🤣. Yeah. Not Disclose Agreement. I never signed one of those. I'm an open book. Apparently, my work history can be fully transparent and detailed. Food for thought.
Ha..I like the part about interviewing their past employees. I’m gonna use this next time I get asked to interview or contact my employer or past employers.
I had a similar situation. My resume was filled with gaps, because i had a family member croak literally each year since i started working. Which means I had to go back home and take care of formalities, every, single, time. They didn't believe me until i got pissed off and told them to check obituaries.
One of my friends described her work as a "Field Analyst IV" at a "lab" somewhere in West Virginia as, "what more can I say? I travel and I analyze stuff for a lab; it's self-descriptive". Girl, it ain't self descriptive at all tho. My husband is convinced she's a badass spy.
Love it. And nobody can prove NDA even exists (thats part of an NDA)
Doesn't have to be fake, sign an NDA with your friend's sole proprietorship.
Of course they're fake, that's why nobody's seen them
aahhhhb, loveeee this!!!! ive been out of a job for several years now. this sounds like a great excuse i can pull off and sound genuine if and when i decide to work again, ahaha. thanks!!!
the nda itself is not secret
That is actually not legal. NDAs can never be recursive and apply to the signing of the NDA itself.
"Can you explain this gap on your resume?"
"Yeah, I didn't feel like working."
"Why would we hire someone that just didn't feel like working for a year?"
"I feel like working now."
That is literally the conversation I had last month.
They did hire me in the end.
Had this conversation on my first job. I was literally working part time at that company, had to sign an NDA, still was seen as a one year gap xD
What they mean is "Why would we hire someone who isn't forced to work for survival, we have no other way of keeping them working"
@@nati0598 "Because, A. You don't want to do the work, and 2. They're hiring next door and down the street. It's a seller's market. Anyways, are we about done here? I have 3 more interviews today."
Working on 3 months unemployed at 34. Been busting ass in the refinery for years, finally got layed off and just want a break😂
This is unironically a huge issue in the defense contractor world.
I remember applying for a job like that. There wasn't anything to talk about because the interviewer didn't know or would be able to tell me anything about the project 😂
Having known both an ex-CIA operative and a guy who did contract work at (not "for", but "at") the Pentagon, the way around this is certain phrasing.
The CIA guy failed so spectacularly that he ended up in Time Magazine, but all he would sat is "I did some work through the embassy"
A defence contractor can often not know if they can do a defence job until they have taken the contract and thus given access to past defence employees who know how to do the job.
This is potentially devastating if the tech is old enough to be only known by retired personnel, who they then have to offer lucrative salaries.
Ah yes. Sounds like a Lockheed Martin issue.
I know your pain there. Worked out fine, but that is also because I am a veteran and used veteran resources to get me my current job. Doesn't pay as well, but less (and different) BS and drama.
My last job had us sign a NDA, where we couldn't say how we truly feel about the company while we worked for them. Now that i am not contractly obligated, it is open season lol
Is that even legal? Because it sure as hell isn't over here in Europe and I thought you guys were going nuts about the whole freedom of speech part.
That would be an unenforceable agreement as it violates First Amendment rights and Freedom of Association to speak with other employees. Even if you sign a contract starting you give up rights, that is not enforceable, you can executive all those rights. It's scare tactics for middle managers to continue being petty and stealing your pay.
@@quandarkumtanglehairs4743 Managers=handlers!
I worked at a restaurant once that had a clause in its standard contract about not giving out information on the company to third parties.
I pointed out to the manager that the way it was written technically included giving a menu to our guests.
There's no way they could actually _do_ anything with that since it was part of our normal duties, so there never was a problem with it while I worked there.
Makeing you sign an NDA is proof that it was a terrible workplace under terrible people with terrible pay.
Why would someone want to hide good things about it's company.
I actually had this happen to me. There was a gap in my resume because of one place that I worked at that did have me sign an NDA. I could put the company name but I couldn't put what I did there. They actually called the contact to try to get more information, finding out all they could do was to verify that yes I did in fact sign an NDA 🤣
NICE!
was the job the kind that justified an NDA or did they do it just cause?
@@blazypika2 He can't tell you that was part of the NDA XD
@@An_Ian ha!
jokes aside, i don't think an NDA would prevent people from answering that. heck, some NDAs even let you name your employer (like a government contract) but not what you did.
@@blazypika2 I wrote a really long paragraph of examples but I deleted it to write TL:DR, civilian organisations that exclusively work for government (and para-military) black ops projects do exist and they definitely NDA their own existence 😆 haha... rare but it's around.
I would make a Comment, but I signed an NDA. 😹😹😹
Hahaha not a strict one I guess 😂😂
Congratulations, you're in violation of the NDA.
Ladies and gentleman, we got him.
This, sir, is a comment
@@o1-preview what ? why is that your username?
The catch: birdie was self-employed
so... is the S in the SNDA stand for Super? Sorry can't tell yeah (but no, its for self nda)
Then you invent a company in which you are President, CEO, Chairman of the Board and the intern in charge of coffee runs all at once, and put that on your resume.
😂
made himself sign an nda
Employers asking about the gap is already a red flag. They care too much about those details that may or may not be related. They want you only focused on work and not home.
Stop working for Employers!
You realize an interview may ask many questions to get information about the individual because they need to know how this person operates. if they’re a good fit for the company so they may ask about your employment history. if you don’t have a solid response then that could might imply that you’re lazy and you don’t want to work.
So, the question actually relates.
It could also be a myriad of other things that aren't the interviewer's business.
Why would it be a red flag? Most of the ting when I see a year long gap, doesn’t even get to the interview part.
@@drivas166lmao so just because someone didnt work in the last year means they are automatically lazy?
"How do we know you're not a bad employee?"
"Look at my listed job positions, not the gaps."😊
THIS
Exactly! 😂
I was once asked about my resume gap, when there was a huge unemployment rate in my country, I was from the "booming" (bit different from U.S. bommers) generation and everybody knew how difficult it was to get a job. They asked: why gap in your resume? me: because I was looking for a job. they: you could have been a waitress. me: would being a waitress help me get this job? they: no. me: there you go. them: silence.
Normal people: "I was unemployed." 😢
Birdie: "I signed an NDA" ☝🏾🤓
Shroomi at the end new he's been played. That defeated "we made them sign NDAs" was just so precious.
Is your “K” key broken?
"Can you explain this gap in your Resume?"
"Can you explain this gap in your staff that needs filling?"
I keep seeing the same employers offer the same positions a few months apart. Really says a lot about the company.
"Nice try, but I'm not gonna fall for that one." LOL 😂😂😂
hehehehe i love that last come back! xD
"Why is there a gap of a year?"
"I have free will, I traveled to see my family"
Other things that can't be proven is if I was or was not a regional manager of Blockbuster or Toys R Us.
Only if you are of a certain age that is, lol.
LMAO. I def gotta look up them dates. This would be funny AF to say at an interview/resume.
@@nothingelseitriedwasavailablee
I doubt that. Fun fact, as of two years ago there still was a block buster in Alaska, and at least one toys r us in Canada. They still might be there to this day!
I'm gonna say, "Studebaker".
@@agalerex I can confirm there is a toy r us in Winnipeg. It closed briefly during the bankruptcy before reopening. Not entirely sure what happened internally but it's still there with the name.
my resume is so full of non-explanations of what I did just listing technologies that are publicly available because of those NDAs
the only thing that wasn't under NDAs was the one open source project that had to do with crypto so it hurts me even more making employers believe I'm a cryptobro :sob:
@@Joedaniels007😂😂😂😂
How’s the job hunt going?
You have to check state laws on this one. In my state, the potential employer can not legally ask these questions. The person being interviewed can sue for discrimination.
The company is not allowed to ask another company anything personal about the employee. The former employer can be sued for disclosing personal information.
In my state, the former employer is only allowed to disclose the dates of employment, not the reason the employee left.
Anything that could prevent a person from getting a job in the future can be prohibited by state law. If you violate these laws, you can end up paying the person you didn't hire to stay at home and not work.
What state? I’m in NY but moving to NJ. I’ve had a hard af time getting employment. A potential employer asked about gaps when I was 25. I told the truth, I had a bad start after I turned 18 for health reasons (no extra details beyond that sentence). They mentioned I hadn’t had a job for a full year, my counterpoint being I would have, then COVID happened and closed my job, now I need a new one. She literally said I should never get hired. She called for an interview just to tell me that because I had a rough start, my life should be over. And I guess she was right, because the entry level jobs I apply to (even though I’ve had the same job for the better part of 5 years, consistently for 2, before this last couple months) say I’m not qualified even though the only qualifications are work in the US and have a diploma.
This may be true, but most of this stuff for a majority of people goes unenforced. That’s probably technically illegal, but then again most of our Labor Laws in the United States are basically unenforceable, too expensive to enforce, or to expensive and complex on the part of the plaintiffs/alleged victims to sue for protecting their rights or for claiming damages.
California
@@starcrysis231) Probably California. 2) it’s because you’re white
Same in Australia, but it would be very hard to prove. Apparently, they can just simply ask, "Would you hire them again?" and get all the information they need anyway.
It went full circle 😂
😂😂😂 you're a creative genius ❤
"Can you tell me something about your past employees?" - "No, they signed NDAs" - classic. Rights for me, but not for thee.
The mushroom is so deep in the conversation, that he forgot he could just say: No thank you! Instead he's like: THIS GOT TO MAKE SENSE!!!😂
I love it how this entire video the candidate seems like a ridiculous liar until the very last second where it all flips lol xD
Giving them a taste of their own medicine with the NDAs nonsense, I like it!
Not only did Birdy sign an NDA but also a non-compete so there's the reason for gaps lol
When I first heard about non-compete I was shocked. The clause literally means if you're fired or quit you're not allowed to do the job your were trained for and have experience in. It effectively requires you to become unemployed or get a shitty job like McDonald's or street cleaner. How can this be legal? If you design engines you can't design engines any more. If you teach English, you can't teach English any more. How come this is possible in the country of freedom?
@@ilghiz They're not valid. FTC banned them nationally on April 2024. California put in a state ban a few months prior.
@@ilghiz They're not valid. FTC put an end to them nationally in 2024, California statewide a few months prior.
@@ilghiz I don't know why TH-cam keeps deleting my reply, but the Federal Trade Commission put a stop to that in 2024.
Truth is I have a gap in my resume because I was depressed and almost couldn't be here today, but let's go with an NDA.
"Health reasons, but I'm recovered now." Employers can't legally ask about health history.
Keep it secret, I signed the NDA 😆
I have a friend that signed an NDA... but all he told me is "It was related to the Nuclear industry, and no I can't tell you what I did"
Job interviews are a sequence of flat lies from both sides. The one who’s able to convince the other wins.
Only in reality the employer would not come to see the logical conclusion and would just continue with this double standard.
Thank you. Now I know how to fill the awkward silence at a job interview when asked about employment history.
When I applied for my current job 25 years ago, I was also asked about the gaps in my resume. I just said I didn't want to work during that time (which was true). The bosses shrugged it off, and we moved on. They were much more interested in the free software I had written during that time.
For most people today, they’d be rejected for the using that explanation, if they haven’t already been rejected for simply having a gap in their resume, even if they’re looking for a very junior entry-level job.
Being a full-time student won’t help you explain the gap in your resume because most employers don’t take it seriously, you need to do freelance work between your gaps and mix in some personal projects and college-level capstone projects to fill in the gap if you can’t find a full time or part-time permanent position, internships, temp contract jobs, or professional volunteer positions. I Legit had internships for 3 out of the 4 years I was in college as a full time student but got grilled by a recruiter for a career gap I took my 3rd (junior) year because of a terrible class schedule I had (where I had to take classes for my job-applicable-skill-based concentration at odd times throughout the day) so I could graduate on time, and because many employers suspended or recinded internships due to COVID-19. After 3 years of internships in college, I and many of my peers had to do freelance work post-graduation until we got real entry-level jobs. (The other thing college kids who couldn’t get mainstream entry-level jobs or additional post-graduation internships did was do freelance work.).
Maybe most companies are only hiring part-time/full-time temporary contract workers and short-term interns instead of full-time full-fledged employees. That’s one common reason why some people, especially recent college grads, and others in certain socio-economic situations, work a few months to a year or only a few years per employer. Some don’t job hop because they want to, they job hop because their non-renewable temporary contract positions have been completed or they work as freelancers/independent contractors on temporary short-term to long-term projects for several clients. Other times, those who job hop do so because their previous employer is paying them below market value, is committing wage theft, is scamming them, and/or salary increases don’t match cost of living.
So you still spent that time productively.
Awesome! That is playing and winning by their rules. XD The only weird part is that at least in my country, NOBODY talks with your old employers, at least onsoftware development. (at least for middle management or lower positions)
They sometimes do in the USA. I heard a manager trashing a former employee when called by a prospective new employer.
Middle management are those not fit to do the job or lead the company!
Looks like lose-lose, than win-win
You can contact any of the employers listed on the resume, the gaps are NDA’s, which you cannot contact. Thank you for coming to my TEDtalk
I was today years old when I found out that a non-disclosure agreement uses the acronym NDA
Legends says their skeletons are sitting there to this day, talking around in circles.
Nice twist at the end. Sounds exactly right.
"Can you explain this gap in your resume?"
"No. Next question."
Interview pass employee.
They also signed an NDA.
😆 haha.
BIRDIE:"I'd like to sign your NDA, but a previous NDA precludes me from signing NDAs"
SHROOM: *blink-blink*
Its all so true...I love these ❤
😂 DJ xSUBn
Isn't that a non-compete clause? NDAs don't preclude you from signing future NDAs.
From reading the comments i realized how amazing that taking time off work instantly means everything you ever did in the past means nothing and youre now completely worthless and not even worth looking at.
Nda stands for
Nonstop drunk assistant
My brother has been court by this, couldn't give all themwork experience he had cause there was sensitive material in all off it.
Right at the end, you hear the realization of defeat in Mushroom's voice :p
I work in a kitchen. They actually had me sign a NDA
You cooked shrooms? But seriously - maybe because of the recipes?
Shroomy, this is corporate gaslighting at an Olympic level
The twist is he worked for mushrooms company
Reality.
Resume gap.
Automatically rejected candidate due to a resume gap.
Never made it to Interview stage.
Yeah. Being a full-time student won’t help you explain the gap in your resume because most employers don’t take it seriously, you need to do freelance work between your gaps and mix in some personal projects and college-level capstone projects to fill in the gap if you can’t find a full time or part-time permanent position, internships, temp contract jobs, or professional volunteer positions. I Legit had internships for 3 out of the 4 years I was in college as a full time student but got grilled by a recruiter for a career gap I took my 3rd (junior) year because of a terrible class schedule I had (where I had to take classes for my job-applicable-skill-based concentration at odd times throughout the day) so I could graduate on time, and because many employers suspended or recinded internships due to COVID-19. After 3 years of internships in college, I and many of my peers had to do freelance work post-graduation until we got real entry-level jobs. (The other thing college kids who couldn’t get mainstream entry-level jobs or additional post-graduation internships did was do freelance work.).
Maybe most companies are only hiring part-time/full-time temporary contract workers and short-term interns instead of full-time full-fledged employees. That’s one common reason why some people, especially recent college grads, and others in certain socio-economic situations, work a few months to a year or only a few years per employer. Some don’t job hop because they want to, they job hop because their non-renewable temporary contract positions have been completed or they work as freelancers/independent contractors on temporary short-term to long-term projects for several clients. Other times, those who job hop do so because their previous employer is paying them below market value, is committing wage theft, is scamming them, and/or salary increases don’t match cost of living.
Work-around: create a bs title for those gaps and slot it in. I've said I was a "freelance writer" for a year between jobs. I said I wrote product descriptions. Also tenable to say housekeeper, dog walker, elder care, etc. depending on the person's situation. If the company asks why not keep doing that, just be honest about the income not covering expenses, or not being able to compete at the market rate.
Plottwist: it's their former employee that came back for a second round
This seems like verbal judo applied to job interviews.
I love this. It just made a 360 degrees and ended up at NDA. Hilarious. I think its a non discloser agreement but this is the first time I have heard it called NDA.
This was brilliant 😂
Sir, your applying for wendys
It came full circle 😂😂😂😂
At the end the cycle of the NDAs was completed, nice
It’s a conundrum indeed… 😂😂
The people I used to work for are part of national security, that's all you need to know. Unless you want guys that look like the Blues Brothers or Men in Black showing up at your house, I'd implore you to stop asking any further questions about it. Thanks
Been there, done that, tell me something that actually intimidates me. I've been through that whole rigamarole and having to get my resume cleared by people in that realm. Just became, I worked for these people here, I did stuff that won't see the light of day for at least twenty-five years, and that is all you are cleared to know.
Coming out of the classified realm is FUN, right?
😂 Thanks will use this for my next interview👌
this is so bittersweet
suspicious... or brilliant! 🤣🤣🤣
I love this videos and I also follow the youtuber who crated the original audio. The animation is very well done
But can you break the NDAs if the company shut down or got absorbed into another company?
Only if the NDA says so
Company shut down - it can be temporary, so no. Absorbed by other company - unless new company doesn't waive the NDAs - no, change of the owner, name does not make the company disappear, or their legal situation between employees and employers change unless: see above. NDAs are for a limited time usually, for two, up to five years, depending on the industry, so it's not so long either.
Getting real ‘Llamas with Hats’ vibes from this one.
Some of the typical HR questions just don't make sense to me. When I have to hire candidates for my team, I don't care if they have 1 year or 10 years of gap, I just want people who are competent enough to do the job and don't break rules, that's all I want from my team, suffice to say that my approach isn't very popular among my colleagues and bosses who thinks I'm too laid back, but my team loves me and so far we are getting things done on time. It doesn't have to be complicated 🤦♂️
Well, that's one honorable pigeon. I wish him luck on his next thousand job interviews.
If you have gaps in your resume, you aren't getting a call back much less an interview.
That last part💯💯💯
Another lovely little tid bit of info is that past employers are not allowed to disclose how you behaved only to confirm if u were employed with that company, it would violate Federal law...
Self employment is the only way to fly, Birdie.
I love the trail off at the end as he realised what he was saying 😂
The way his voice drops in the last line as he hears himself is 😚👌
I want those Christmas cookies
This line of reasoning would fool exactly no one
Idk why, but this felt like any conversation with dogpack
Sounds almost like some alternate version of Fight Club, but in this case The First rule of NDA is: "You do not talk about NDA".
It took me the whole video to realise it is a non disclosure agreement, and i had studied commerce...
NDA = Non-disclosure agreement
I would go into detail in my comment, but I signed an NDA. 😂😂
Thank you for breaking all those NDAs and making my 2024 better ❤️❤️
Excellent!! :)
After the last sentence the boss became quiet.
Had one possible employer wanting me to sign a noncompete to work help desk in IT. Hell na
🤣. Yeah. Not Disclose Agreement. I never signed one of those. I'm an open book. Apparently, my work history can be fully transparent and detailed. Food for thought.
Ha..I like the part about interviewing their past employees. I’m gonna use this next time I get asked to interview or contact my employer or past employers.
😂 I'm convinced that he's worked for the mushroom before
My job has had me sign so many NDAs.
Legally, a company can only say that you worked there.
Someone described the current socioeconomic and political mess as "total f*ckery". Here is a fantastic example! 😂
I'm making all my past employers sign an NDA
I love it so can I interview your past employees
i need to use this on an interview
The NDA paradox😂
sounds like a perfect fit lol
-Can you explain these gaps?
-It was during these times that I carried you
I had a similar situation. My resume was filled with gaps, because i had a family member croak literally each year since i started working. Which means I had to go back home and take care of formalities, every, single, time.
They didn't believe me until i got pissed off and told them to check obituaries.
Plot twist
He's trynna get hired by the same company but different branch XD
“Condescending. Don’t hire.”
The first rule of NDA, you don't talk about NDA
I signed a NDA that does not allow me to share information that I signed NDA...
oopes
Love this.
One of my friends described her work as a "Field Analyst IV" at a "lab" somewhere in West Virginia as, "what more can I say? I travel and I analyze stuff for a lab; it's self-descriptive". Girl, it ain't self descriptive at all tho. My husband is convinced she's a badass spy.
Maybe your husband is just a little bit on a daft side. Sh's a lab analyst - she analyses stuff in the lab. End of story.