One of my clients had a pending interview.
I cross referenced their resume and LinkedIn profile.
The dates ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ match up.
When I posed the question, they became flustered, tried to circumvent the question, like any interviewer
I pressed to find the truth (better me than on the day).
It turned out my client had taken a year off to explore an entrepreneurial endeavour and was embarrassed it didnt work.
I coached them to reframe this:
โI was at a phase of my career where I wanted to try something new (notwithstanding loving my โday-jobโ).
โ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ (๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฝ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฝ๐-๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐).
๐ก๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐/๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐ก
๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ
Ensure dates line up.
Always demonstrate your experience, positive attitude and how you will solve the companyโs problem (why they are hiring for that position).
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