9M American men in prime working age can’t find jobs. I’m one of them

Re:9M American men in prime working age can’t find jobs. I’m... by extra88 on Monday December 19, 2016 @01:30PM (#13213678)

If it was only three months, I wouldn't list the burger-flipping job on my resume. I think I'd be fine leaving any gap less than a year in duration on my resume. A year or more, I'd want to account for.

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Re:9M American men in prime working age can’t find jobs. I’m... by lj3 on Monday December 19, 2016 @01:34PM (#13213713)

What if the interviewer saw you flipping burgers a month ago?

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Re:9M American men in prime working age can’t find jobs. I’m... by extra88 on Monday December 19, 2016 @01:45PM (#13213804)

Sounds rather unlikely in SV but if they did, so what? The resume got me the interview, I should be able to demonstrate my value. If they're still going to treat me like I'm somehow tainted for briefly working a low-status job, I can't do anything about that.

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Re:9M American men in prime working age can’t find jobs. I’m... by jimmywanger on Monday December 19, 2016 @03:46PM (#13214833)

So what? What if the interviewer saw you digging ditches a month ago? What does that have to do with your resume or job performance?

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