Don't mind the (career) gap – Morning Brew

LinkedIn launched a new feature on March 1 called Career Breaks, aimed at reducing the stigma in résumé gaps by allowing users to highlight the reasons for them when they occur. The social network has said career breaks are more common among women, and the feature is also intended to capture the job seeker’s non-work skills.According to LinkedIn, recruiters want to know why potential hires have career breaks, so employers will be able to get a better understanding of the person they’re considering for a job. “We’ve found that nearly half of employers believe candidates with career breaks are an untapped talent pool,” Jennifer Shappley, LinkedIn’s VP of global talent acquisition, wrote in a post explaining the new feature.The Career Breaks feature allows LinkedIn users to add a specific reason for the résumé gap in their profile. LinkedIn provides 13 potential reasons to choose from, including full-time parenting, bereavement, layoff, or a gap year.Going from “nope” to “no big deal.” Some recruiters say the stigma that was previously associated with résumé gaps has shifted. Back in 2019, a SHRM article about evaluating employment gaps quoted Peter Yang, CEO and co-founder of ResumeGo, a résumé-writing service, as saying, “Those with gaps…
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