The Truth.... of Starting After a Career Break 💼💻 

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I think we weren't born on this earth just to maintain a good cv. We have personal life as well. Even if we took a break to travel, startup etc I think one should stand confidently, because life is what one must design on our self.

Career gaps are accepted for women employee but not for men.

*In India career gap is very common as many people after graduation prepares for govt services and gives minimum 2-3 years of his life to crack that exam while only 1% people do crack. Corporate Industry should accept these reality to consider. Every human seeks stability and good work life balance. Many Private corporates have huge issue with work life balance and toxic relationship inside the corporate premise which triggers attrition and people leave the job either to start preparing for govt service or some other company which provides them good work life balance and healthy office culture. In last many companies got exposed online for the toxic work culture inside* office .Example : Byjus , Infosys etc Pandemic has proved that human beings have reached the highest level of taking pressure and is no longer ready to lose mental health for extra dollars.They are either upskilling or shifting to preparation of govt service India is a pool of talents but just by rejecting someone for career gap is not an wise option for corporates to retain talents. May be the rejected candidate could become star performer if absorbed. HR ' team are supposed to read the psychology of the candidate whether he/she can do the job or not if trained well and providing conductive environment. But sadly Indian HR's are trained with old methodology to choose a candidate .Our society is changing everyday and getting matured.HR should also analyse the society structural changes happening

Post Covid, career gap has become a common thing..even with many male employees. People are paying more attention to family member's health over their jobs. Because sabattical leaves are not approved in many cases.So you will have to leave the job to take care of your family member

Her content showcases honesty in every minute. I can relate to the situation because I've gone through the career gap experience. I left my corporate job and started my own business but eventually, I won't survive it for long and I had to quit. Now after several months, I got a job in my industry again.

I have career gap. I'm quite ok-ish in Electronics (my degree). My many friends got job in 7th semester only in mass recruiting companies, I couldn't somehow (at one point later I noticed there wasn't "next round" button for english comprehension, it was "end test" button). Then I couldn't make till after giving 8th semester exam. Then somehow I got one (private IT job), there weren't trainers for my current batch. Seniors used to make vidoes which was like 2 to 5% & we had to figure out rest by ourselves. So, I quit, thinking if I put efforts somewhere else, I'd get better. Then I spent 2 years in government job preparation. Missed by 15 to 18 rank. Back to search for private job again. Again couldn't find private job because there was overhiring in last 2 years... So... I'm going back to govt job preparation 😤😤 screw it, what you think govt job aspirants stories end up with private job? 😤 no, I cannot get/find getting a private job either 😤 Screw IT industry, mass layoffs, staying up to date & all nonsense. You guys' field looks worse than govt job competition, "Fast paced environment", "quick learning", "eager to learn technology quickly" & F you non sense, can't even see impact on society. Whereas impact of Electrical engineers is directly seen in society at any instance of time.

You had cleared my biggest fear.. thank you...🔥

Thanks dear. This video has certainly boosted my confidence. Time to brush my old skillsets and learning some new one....thanks a ton

im having 15+ yrs experience & was working for 10 yrs in a co., due to pandemic the co. branch closed in my area, so i tried for job in diff fields, n also started learning a new skill online now its 2 yrs of employment gap, just today got a call from a placement consultant, the person was just highlighting the gap negatively bfore understanding anything..it was as if a person is unemployable if he/she has a career gap due to any reason whatsoever.. rather than knowing the required skill for the job..just saw your video and found helpful

I have completed B.E (Mechanical ) IN 2018 and I have completed software testing course and I am looking for job in testing but due to my gap after graduation i.e 4yr I'm finding it hard to get a job. Can you please give some suggestions

Very nice video and it is encouraging for many candidates who lacks confidence. I too lacked confidence long time ago but I have overcome it and I am super confident and super focus on my skills and interviews. This video will definitely help those who undergo that stage, thank you for sharing this video.

Hi very much motivating information that you shared to rebuild people in their career brighter thanks for sharing 👍

Thank you ma'am, for motivating everyone, as I myself had a career gap of more than a year and have been applying for every job but not getting any reply from the company... I was getting lost but this video will definitely help me in getting my confidence back...

That was motivating ... I am going to start after a career gap

This information is very much needed for me and a BIG THANK YOU to Varsha KR.

First of all thank you so much for posting video like this im having 5 years of career gap looking for a job. This videos motivating me to do my best

By the way, this lady is doing great job ❤

All stupid policies are with Service based companies like Infosys, TCS, Wipro, HCL etc. They look at everything beside skills. 90% of the tech employees(including senior techs) in these companies cannot even tell the configuration of their computer. Still they are hired.

Thanks a ton mam i was in verge of giving up . You always motivate me.n others too, ppl around me also added to decision of giving up. Ur my inspiration.lots of love n Best wishes 40k corporate dairies family.

Excellent content ❤

Thank you mam, really motivated ❤

Mam sorry but ultimately am i not lying to the interviewer, inspite of having 3 years of gap how can i hide it, because I'll have to mention in the resume my last working period.

Amazing video.I think one way It’s better to mention career gap in resume under that career gap section you can justify your gap and what professional development/ up skilling you have done in that period . Now a days some recruiters are understanding your career gap .

Thank you so much Varsha , really awesome information , true inspiration for all the mothers and ladies especially who want to get back to Job :)

Very informative video for career gap candidates like me..thank you thq so much for this motivation.

I just want you to know, you are amazing. Thank you for all that you do! I do have a question. If one is coming back to workforce via a return to work program, is there a possibility of negotiation at all or does it depend on the employer?

I have seen many types of career gaps. A woman taking career gap for having kids is just normal, I don't think anyone thinks too much of it. But I have seen men take gaps to tour the world or something. Sometimes they say they were sick but there is no medical record of that; they just did not work because it was hard. You can only have confidence if you yourself know that you had a genuine cause.

We need to change stereotypeness in our day to day life.

ab employers chahte hain ki banda bina ruke job hi karta rahe. Insaan hain bhai last job se exhaust ho jaate hain log 1-2 months ka gap toh ho hi jaata hai uspe bhi sawaal uthaate hain 😐 Machine thodi na hain hum, ya fir robots hire karlo 😶

I have internship with Deloitte USI for 1 year now this will be considered as experience right or i will be fresher?

Will select first candidates because now a days every companies want immediate joinee

I left my prvious company where I used to work as an CS executive. I wanted to pursue a career in IT. But nothing went according to my plan. I learnt DevOps but no one is hiring freshers (I couldn't afford for any paid coaching and certifications). Now my financial situation is dire and i'm looking for jobs. I got rejected in 2 companies because of the career gap. I don't understand if I've to lie or tell the truth. Can someone help ?

Thanks for sharing.... I was scared bcoz of my 1.3 yr gap

Good, motivating video. Thanks 😌

Thank you Mam for your valuable guidance. 🙏

Very sorry to say Maam such comments discourage people...your words are really inspiring

Ma'am I want to find a job in IT sector,. I have no experience but i completed BE in 2015. What are the options of courses that i can take up to get hired. Can yu advise if I'm eligible for jobs.

MNCs needs to relax career gap criteria like 2 yr allowed n all ..if you don't allow people will find other companies..so needs to relax year gap criteria . Thx for such criterias as helped to join mid size ,small scale resulted in 5-6x 📈 and now ready to retire early ..thx MNCs not allowing entry to potential candidates candidates only due to such criterias and 2008 recession which created career gap with eligible academics

I have an issue that i have shortlisted in xyz company but when I was filing my registration form of that company they mentioned that no year gap should not be in your education, but i have one year gap after my 10th , could anyone help me what will happen? Will i reject in document verification? Please help me 🙏

I give you a very live example, I shared my resume with one consultant for Delhi Duly Free company for a Quality Manager profile. I got the initial call from the Delhi Duty-Free HR team after 15-20 minutes of discussion she said to me that my profile is ok and she will schedule 2nd round of interviews with her Sr. HR Manager. Even after a week, I didn't receive a call from HR then I took a follow-up with the consultant. She said my profile was not shortlisted, I told her as per the JD, I have relevant experience and certification namely ISO 9001, LEAN, Six Sigma, TQM, etc. I simply asked why that HR lie to you after 1st round of the interview even after considering my profile initially and telephonic interview. I have observed that most HR professionals are unable to measure a person's performance during interviews and not ever giving proper feedback and discussion.

Mam before COVID. I joined coaching but after a month whole dehli was closed . So i was stuck next year again coaching started after 10 day second wave of COVID 19 strike again dehli was closed till nov . After that before my exam my father met with accident so i have to further extend my gap .now I am facing same problem in interview ? And very much confused what I should do

If anyone facing issue with this kind of stuff and they knows how to sell their skill. Gap barely matters. Personally I had many gaps and many frequent switches.. Never faced any single issue. Cause, I bargain with job like buying potato. to all serotype native Indian corporate persons LMAO!

Thank you so much for making this channel, God bless!!

Ma'am i have 4 years gap between 12th and btech cse.Now i am in 2nd year.Will i be eligible to sit for on campus interview??

You deserve million subs mam and thanks for sharing your knowledge

Mam, I have a career gap of 4yrs. And planning to start back my career into It field. Uploaded resumes everywhere , getting calls as well but most importantly interviewer’s directly ask about notice period and current working company details in that case we have to mention about gap . And once we mention about gap , interviewer will disconnect the call by saying “ oh ok , in this case i am sorry I need to check with the team” and here itself I m losing my confidence.

Mam I have heard this due to career gap post COVID lockdown People have told me directly that what special u can do so that we must hire you Are you alien? So it is bad Yes mam see me only every company selects me but in the last stage every company rejected me plus they have also spread that not to appoint me at all So bad

Hi ma'am, very informative video. I have 7.5yrs exp in IT development side,after that I took 6yrs gap now I want to restart my career but not on development side.I want to move to Non-Coding side.Can I switch now after 6yrs career gap.Please suggest. If yes,please tell me how my resume look like.

Thank you mam for such wonderful video!! my previous Company added me in pip after one month they removed me.I complited only 9 month in my previous Company and I have total experience of 3.5 year.From last 1-2 month I AM searching for new job so how to justify this gap of 1-2 month in between

Thank u. This video is very useful for build confidence after career gap

If you sell these lectures lot of us will purchase it. It's worth it ☺️

Thanking the author for creating such informative video, that gave confidence to people with career gaps. 👍

Not sure if i will get a reply for this comment... having a gap of 3 to 6 months .. ( just to take care of my self both mentally and physically) will this affect my further career?

I do have career gaps and I've given multiple interviews and got rejected multiple times but not even a single time I got rejected because of the career gaps.

I have a career gap of close to 6 years after having worked for 2 years at TechM..The gap was primarily due to loss of 3 family members in short span of time..I'm trying to get back to my feet again by learning data analytics, Could I possibly fit in and find a prospective employer( It would help if I were to get an honest feedback from a HR pov).

Thankyou mam for such a Helpful motivation,Coz I myself had a Career Gap, Iam a Trainee Currently and Because of that iam Feeling Anxious about my Job selection, And my Suggestion is Please Also make a video Upon Controlling of Anxiety in the Interviews !!!

Can I become business/data analyst as a b.pharm graduate? It is possible to switch as a bio student

I took interview for a bunch of ppl, shortlisted 3 ppl and gave to my manager for second round. My manager (old company) rejected the guy with career gap just by seeing the timelines of each job. I asked reason,…. Which he did not give satisfactory answer. I did not like his work ethics….. in a few months I moved out. Good Leaders overlook these stuff….. mediocre ones sadly still cling to them.

I work at HCL Technologies for North America Talent Acquisition team and now its been 4 years working nights shifts. Is it possible for me to switch to Indian Corporate Hiring i.e. Day shift and will companies going to consider me ? Please answer mam 🙏

In Honesty, with 1 year career gap, the interviews are scheduled very rare. I think HR still considers career gap for not shortlisting the cadidates.

Really thank you varsha for sharing your experience

Ma'am ,I was waiting for this information .thank you for sharing your knowledge🙏 I have career gap of 5 years because i was preparing for civil service exams.I should mention this when i will be giving my introduction that what i did after the graduation or i should tell thia only when they ask about why i had career gap.

I have a career gap of 10 years. Is it possible to return?

Mam i am working in my family business 6+ years but right now after covid we are facing lots of problems in our business and want to get a stable career that's why i want to move on and get a corporate job as hr is this ok mam how to i telling in the time of interview please give any suggestions

Hahaha 2 years they consider a career gap 😂

Then what should I write on resume for career gap

I took a career gap of 4 years for public service examination.

Most fruitful channel and video. Best wishes for the magnificent work which you are doing for the industry.

Ma'am, I join a private company in 2019 and I left this job for preparing for bank exam .but I am not able to clear the bank exam. Due to 2 year gap,is there any possibility to get a private job ?

I have 8 years of career gap after btech in electrical engineering what should i do please help me

Thankyou. You are so right on with everything!

IN UPCOMING YEARS COMPANIES DONT NEED ANY HR

If your communication is well and if you have done ur academics in that particular domain which u have applied for. Toh kyu darne ka? I have seen few mens not just women's who have taken 5 years gap and started their careers. It very common if your are trying for competitive exams. I just wanted to ask, does MNC consider candidates with 2 to 3 years of career gap? I'm asking this because I myself have 2 and half years of gap due to my preparation for competitive exam. Will my application will be considered in mnc? Please guide

Huh???? Why only maternity? Wrong example. Wouldn't men deserve to take break? Why should someone take break only to do some certifications or studies? Come on!!!! Silly ORG mentality... Insaan apni brain ko refresh karne ke liye break le sakte hain. Gap should not be a reason why companies shouldn't hire a person

Marvellous point..... thank you so much.

Hi Varsha, Your videos are very motivational and to the point. I like your content and it's very apt.. I'm a very polite follower of your yt channel.. I had a query, please give me some suggestion🙏🏻 I'm a BE (EEE)graduate of 2009.. I totally have 1 year of teaching experience and 2 years as HR Recruiter.. Now, am on maternity break of 5 years.. Thinking of getting back to work by this year end.. Meanwhile during this break, i did career counselor certification and now pursuing diploma in general guidance and counseling.. I'm confused if I can get into HR job or thinking of getting into technical (either Vmware or SAP), so that I can earn more.. Please help me decide with your valuable suggestion.. Thank you in advance

Maam I am pursuing my professional exam CMA and in my 1st attempt i didn't able to clear it in June 2023 .. I will again appear for June 2024 attempt will it effect my career as career gap for not doing anything other than studies in 2023.

Thank you for sharing very valuable information.

very Encouraging Video 😀

Thank you soo much Mam... It is helpful to land job after career gap, I will not all the points which you have mentioned

Is age is a reason for selection ? I am 48 F Career Gap can be managed ? Not working since 2014 earlier working since 1997-2013

Hi ma'am, I have graduated in 2019 from Civil engineering branch - I have 2 years of experience in Construction industry after that I made a transation into IT industry as a Front end devloper with 1.5 years of experience but after that I took break for government exam preparation but it didn't worked according to plan,I have 8 months of employment gap now, Can I get job in data analytics, Please ma'am guide me in this??

I needed this today. Thank you so so so so much

Hi Varsha thank you for this inspiring video .

You are very right, when people have career gap they blame the rejection on it !! But society around, recruitment teams and interviewers also contribute in that thinking. Resume Shortlisting gets drastically reduced if you have a Gap, Interview is a distant thing. May be if Orgs can convey this to people , who are unemployed bcoz they were laid off or have left their Job for Personal reasons or for learning new things or for any other reason, that Gap is not an issue in their process. Infact after Gap I realized my energy was doubled in the next Job bcoz I learnt multiple new things , managed multiple things at Personal front.

Thank U 😊

Ma'am i have 4 years of gap between 12th and btech due to neet preparation.Now i am in second year.Will i be eligible to sit for on campus placement interview??

I almost lost hope because of my Career gap, and was getting thought of killing myself. But thanks to you ma'am, you gave me hope. Btw I'm a full stack developer

I learned through this video that you are a mother as well. So during that period of career gap for 2 years for maternity, were you doing some other kind of work ??

But I still don't agree. Most big Companies do discriminate on basis of gap specially males. My profile is not shortlisted because of gap. But there are good companies who judge you on basis of your skills

Thanks for your great suggestion,am just preparing to mention my gap in my resume because if they found further that i've a gap in education,they might think that am not genuine to the company which am ready to work,so now am withdrew to mention my carrier gap as you said ! but i've a question when should i reveal the carrier gap to the Hr or not,if yes,when should i do ? plz suggest on this..thank you 🙂😊

Mam i am having career gap of 5 months still giving interviews but no response, even if it is positive and doing some certification projects to upskill myself , is it worth to add that on resume

Thank you so much for the detailed points. It really helps. I have a gap of six years and had undertaken three entrepreneurial ventures. Unfortunately, the most successful venture got shut down due to covid. Would you be able to suggest some additional points, for job seekers with more than 6 years gap. Would appreciate it. Thank you in advance.

A day will arrive soon when the interviewers will ask about your last birth, last to last birth and so on. Where were you between last birth and the day you were born??? 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

I need a little help from the experienced people out there. Pls do bear with me till the end 🙏😅 So I'm a fresher of 2022 batch passout in cse, and right now have two offers in hand, first one say company A, offer is in the field of react js which I wanted/interested in, but the payout for initial 6 months is a little less and also have 2 years of bond, whereas company B, also hiring for frontend role has a payout of around 10k more that the company A for the same 6 months, but here catch is they can change the domain any time they want to, say convert me to a c# or java developer according to their need, and also their full time conversion rate is 20-25% only. So basically most probably after 6 months they'll remove. So in a situation like this which offer letter should I pick, considering in mind that recession might hit in upcoming times, thus finding a job might be even tougher than now. Also, sticking to react js and later mern stack is a better option or shifting to c# (say) is better despite having no interest in it,(only that pay is good if get selected after 6 months in company B) Thanks for reading till now, and will be waiting for your valuable feedback.

Im fresher mam,after i completed my BE in june 2023,i took 5 months gap,is it big problem for me to get job?

In India..career gap is still very much a taboo and its somehow considered legit for women but for men its like some sacrilege..some sin which the man has committed ..its not jus about finding a job while you are unemployed due to a gap..evn if u find one and later you want to switch..u r interrogated a lot abt d gap in cv..evn if u vud b currently working in d same firm for 2-3 years. ...Gaps cant be gender or orientation specific..High time the DEI champions make it a point to do focussd hiring for any1 with gaps or wud like to return to workforce irrspctv of d 'marginalized group status' 🙄

Wipro is not one of those companies who don't consider Carrier gap

Hi varsha. Due to some personal reasons, I had quit my job. Now planning to work from home. Pls guide me how to switch to home based job.