I'll be going on the job market this year but I'm not too sure how to deal with a gap in my cv. I had a visiting position last year and I took this year off. How do I explain the gap in my CV?
How to explain gap in CV?
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The post was horribly sexist. F*** off.
Thigh gap post should NOT have been removed. It did not target any individual with hate speech. It was humorous attempt at some crude humor WITHOUT any cursing or dirty words. God this place is getting sterile. Explain yourself MODS!
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2013-2014: Chilling out, smoking some doobies, listening to Bob Marley while I ran some multi-level models and visualized that s**t with ggplot2
2012-2013: Visiting Assistant Professor, WhereverI'll be going on the job market this year but I'm not too sure how to deal with a gap in my cv. I had a visiting position last year and I took this year off. How do I explain the gap in my CV?
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How is it sexist when I was just warming up to post a similar humorous story about the male adonis belt on the V shaped abs! It's not sexist, it's looksist. Check your privilege and get your "isms" correct babe.
The post was horribly sexist. F*** off.
Thigh gap post should NOT have been removed. It did not target any individual with hate speech. It was humorous attempt at some crude humor WITHOUT any cursing or dirty words. God this place is getting sterile. Explain yourself MODS! -
I understand the question and you're right to seek the best answer, but it has always bothered me to know end that employers care (or think they have a right to care) about gaps in your CV. If someone wants to take a year off to do nothing, why is that the business of a future employer? how does that affect what you will be doing for a prospective employer in the future? i shouldn't owe something now to the employers i haven't even had yet.
it just makes me angry.
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op - just tell them you were struggling with your sexuality and finally decided to come out. You were depressed because you were gay and felt your family and maybe society at large would reject you. You were correct about this, and so you got depressed again. 2 depressions over your sexuality = 2 semesters = 1 year. So there's your year off. Tell them now you're deeply committed to diversity. Can't fail.
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Tell them you are gay and feared pursuing employment in a homophobic industry like academia. It'll work. Who's going to press you on it? Person would wind up accused of all kinds of nasty stuff. So say you're gay gay gay and fearful of the academic patriarchy and run with that.