Break / absence in the Resume?

One of my clients had a pending interview.

I cross referenced their resume and LinkedIn profile.

The dates 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 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:

✍I was at a phase of my career where I wanted to try something new (notwithstanding loving my ‘day-job’).

✍ 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 (𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲, 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀, 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆-𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀). 

💡𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀/𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 💡

💼 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 💼

Ensure dates line up.

Always demonstrate your experience, positive attitude and how you will solve the company’s problem (why they are hiring for that position).