Presenting your experience in a proper manner is extremely essential, especially since it will help employers gauge your stability in employment. It is, therefore, vital that you evaluate your situation and determine how bad it is. The situation will be regarded as extremely bad, if you have been struggling with unemployment for several months or years. If this is the case, you need to start strategizing straight away.

Employment Gaps

In case you are worried about employment gaps, you might consider doing the following:

   

 Think about activities that can be used to fill in these gaps. However, you ought to be careful that the activities relate to the job target. The activities do not need to be those that you were paid for, but they could also be voluntary in nature. You could consider things like special events, continuing education and consultancy among others.

    If the gaps in question are short, you could consider eliminating months from your resume. You should use your objective section to summarize your qualifications and goals, then go ahead to list them in a chronological manner. You do not need to put specific time frames.

    In case you have been out of the job market for a long time, you should highlight the fact that you have been keeping up to date with current trends and that you are ready for job in the industry.

    In case you have been out of work to continue education or to raise a family, the tone in which you write your resume should not be apologetic. There is nothing wrong with being out of work for any reason, but if you are negative about it, it will affect that quality of your resume.

Job Hopping

On the other hand, if you are concerned about job hopping, you should consider doing the following;

    Today, there is little concern about job hopping, especially since some fields are prone to short employment periods. If in such a field, you have no reason to worry, since the employer will understand.

    The way that you handle job hopping will depend on the companies and job titles you have held. However, one way that has been known to work is lumping similar positions together. This way, you will make it seem like one title, as opposed to many. If you lump the titles together, you ought to leave out the companies under which you were working.

    You should understand that you do not need to include each and every job title you have held on your resume. You can, therefore, leave out certain titles, especially if they are not so relevant under the circumstances.

 Use a cover letter to explain your history and spin it to your advantage.