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Whatever the reason might be in your case, if the gap in your resume is too long, someone in charge of your application at a company will take negative notice of it. I’d say a gap of one year is the limit for most employers and recruiters, after that you must properly explain yourself in order to still have a chance for consideration. You need to show that you are still qualified, that you still have up to date knowledge in your field and that there is nothing about your personality to worry about.

He starts off by starting up his word processor and copying the application he used to get his last job 3 years ago. After all, it worked then, it should work now. By using the “Find & Replace”-function of the software he quickly replaces the name of his former company with the name of the Internet Service Provider and adds his last job in his resume.

Out of curiosity I decided to find out what the world’s most popular currencies are.

It pays to be a doctor in America. When you look at the Top 20 in yearly earnings, you’ll find that most of the jobs in there require a medical degree. The average pay reaches $150.000 per year.

Right now, let’s face it, many people are very fearful. Job recession will hit soon, I assume starting in fall many people will unfortunately lose their jobs. After that economy will recover, but until then fear will strike many.

I’m not that much interested in the war, but I wondered how much a foreign contractor in the IT field would earn in Iraq, provided he could live with the risk of working in a country at war.

In order to find a suitable comparison I decided to sample three IT jobs in different salary ranges and compare the income. Furthermore I wanted to answer this question: How likely is it to be injured and killed in Iraq? Here’s what I’ve come up with:

Stop writing dozens of applications. If you think writing more applications increases your chances to get a job you might just as well think a book that has many pages must be good. This is silly. It’s like shooting a shotgun at the job market. Hoping you will score a hit somehow.

But of course he is very interested in what you will be able to do in the future. Thus you should phrase your answers appropriately when being asked about past jobs.

An important aspect of every negotiation is that both sides need to keep face. This is less true in one-time negotiations, for example when you purchase a car. But it is very important when you negotiate with people with whom you want to have a continuous relationship.