Taking a Year Off After Graduating...

[ChromePony]

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Here's the thing. In my experience, not just in HR, the most common reason people get shitcanned from a job is that they can't show up on a regular basis, vis a vis excessive absences. A guy who decides to takes a year off after graduating college, during which he had summers off, winter and spring break, is gonna be a red flag.

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As long as you aren't just sitting on your couch for that year off this is a pretty ridiculous perspective if you ask me. There are many very cool, productive and impressive things one can do that don't include school or and office job.

Of course you do need to explain the gap to interviewers, and we've all heard the debate about poker before, so that alone may not cut it.