Re: The Myth of the Resume Gap
I will give some estimates here:
400 million Americans
approx 150 - 200 million in the labor market
generous off the cuff estimate: 1 million who play poker
You would probably be surprised to know what that other 99 to 99.5% on non-poker players think about us. Some skeptical, most negatively, some very negatively. Very few favorably. We are, after all, gamblers, no matter what we think of ourselves. You won't have time in an interview to convince even someone with an open mind that poker is not really "gambling", let alone someone with pre-conceived notions. It is a very steep uphill battle. Even someone with an open mind may still be deterred by the CYA syndrome.
I wouldn't advise anyone who has scruples to lie on a resume. But for those who don't have scruples, your chances of getting a job is much better if you lie and make them find out you're lying than it is if you put something negative right out there.
Finding a job is a numbers game. There will be a certain % who will check you out and won't hire you because you lied and a certain % who won't bother with a rigorous investigation.
If you have something negative on the resume, it makes it easy for them to screen you out and you will have fewer opportunities.
That's just reality.
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