Good luck to you Bridgitte! And, not to give directions by any means, but just to share my experience when I was on a selection committee for a few years that was going through lots of resumes: people who had breaks, or left turns, often started out a disadvantage in the committee's eyes. If, however, they explained their path as a narra…
Good luck to you Bridgitte! And, not to give directions by any means, but just to share my experience when I was on a selection committee for a few years that was going through lots of resumes: people who had breaks, or left turns, often started out a disadvantage in the committee's eyes. If, however, they explained their path as a narrative journey, highlighting what they learned at each stop, and why they pivoted or took time away or whatever, and what they learned that had them going in this new direction, it often turned what could have been a liability into an asset. The zig-zaggers ended up on both the high and low end of the score distribution, it just depended how they presented it, really. I worry that too much of this sort of thing will be automated, and then it will just be catering to the algorithm, but that was my experience on a human selection committee.
Good luck to you Bridgitte! And, not to give directions by any means, but just to share my experience when I was on a selection committee for a few years that was going through lots of resumes: people who had breaks, or left turns, often started out a disadvantage in the committee's eyes. If, however, they explained their path as a narrative journey, highlighting what they learned at each stop, and why they pivoted or took time away or whatever, and what they learned that had them going in this new direction, it often turned what could have been a liability into an asset. The zig-zaggers ended up on both the high and low end of the score distribution, it just depended how they presented it, really. I worry that too much of this sort of thing will be automated, and then it will just be catering to the algorithm, but that was my experience on a human selection committee.