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Bridging the Gap
In years past, a gap on a resume was viewed with suspicion. What was that person up to during those mystery years? Why didn't someone snatch them up? Were they simply unemployable? As companies consider turning to stay-at-home parents to meet their staffing demands, they must take a new approach to evaluating those gaps, looking not at what wasn't accomplished during that time, but what was. "Staying home doesn't mean that the experiences they've had won't contribute to making them a valued employee," says Carolyn Talentino, the coordinator for nursing education at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta. "They've continued to enhance their skills, just in a different arena." For the most part, that's because stay-at-home parents typically don't stay at home all the time. The vast majority engage in some sort of community involvement. Tina Swenson, a licensed CPA who is taking several years off from her position at Deloitte LLC to raise her young daughter, was recruited by a local organization that is helping to build a rural medical clinic in Kenya. In addition to keeping the organization's books, she serves on its board of directors, which she feels will help make her a more desirable employee when the time comes to return to work. "It's been a great opportunity to stay current and be useful with what I'm doing for an organization," she says. "It's helpful in the work setting to be on nonprofit boards and involved in the community. Now, when I go back to work, I'll know what a board meeting's all about."
April 1, 2008 Copyright 2008© LRP Publications |
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