Addressing Career Gaps: Navigating Caregiver Experience in Job Interviews

Description

• Overcome employment gaps: Harrison's recent Q&A clip provides insights on addressing time off for caregiving and assuring potential employers.
• Honest communication: Learn how to transparently discuss caregiving responsibilities, explaining the situation without compromising professionalism.
• Embrace new opportunities: Discover how to express a desire to explore new career paths and the importance of personal growth.
• Family values: Highlight the significance of work in your life when family is no longer present, emphasizing dedication and commitment to your job.
• Positive approach: Gain tips on framing caregiving experiences as valuable life lessons contributing to your resilience and reliability.
• Employer understanding: Understand how most employers respect and appreciate honesty about personal challenges, fostering a positive employer-employee relationship.

Transcript:

Okay, if you have time to take, if you have to take time off to be a caregiver for parents, how do you assure a potential employer you will never again be doing that? Both parents have passed away and I no longer have any family. Do I tell them that? Yes, you can say my parents were dying or my, and I was the only one that could take care of them.

Yes, you can talk about that. Then if they say, why aren't you going back to the same firm? You can say because I want to. That there were, I want to see if I want to explore new opportunities because I have this opportunity to do that. Yes. You can tell employers that this happened and that's it.

They should respect you for that. Most of the time they will, but I would say my whole family and all I have now is my job. It's very important to me, but yes, you should definitely, you can bring that up and and that is positive to do.