The Myth of the Resume Gap

[2ndGoat]

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When they ask, "Oh have I seen you on TV?" and you say, "No" the first thing that comes to mind is "degenerate".

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Fortunately, I've been on TV once.

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You've already formed your opinion, settled on a strategy and announced to the world that the "resume gap is a myth" before your 1st job interview. Whether you value my assertions is irrelevant. You've already made your bed.

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My hope was that an informed reader would realize my title was facetious; in the original post I mention that I did indeed expect it to be a negative relative to a "normal" resume. Additionally, while I have one great offer to consider which I would have never seen if not for listing poker on my resume, I'm willing to accept that as a very improbably stroke of luck. The real reason for posting was:

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Hopefully, anyone thinking about following in your footsteps can get value and/or guidance from this thread.

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I'm surprised, we do agree on something.

2nd