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goldoldman

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Gap in the Resume

Post by goldoldman » Fri Aug 07, 2015 8:02 am

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Clemenceau

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Re: Gap in the Resume

Post by Clemenceau » Fri Aug 07, 2015 9:16 am

For applying to law school? That gap doesn't matter

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Re: Gap in the Resume

Post by Rigo » Fri Aug 07, 2015 2:47 pm

Not ideal, but not fatal or even necessarily negative. Depends on the circumstances.

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Re: Gap in the Resume

Post by goldoldman » Fri Aug 07, 2015 8:00 pm

Rigo wrote:Not ideal, but not fatal or even necessarily negative. Depends on the circumstances.
Could you elaborate, please?

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Re: Gap in the Resume

Post by PoopyPants » Sat Aug 08, 2015 12:00 am

goldoldman wrote:
Rigo wrote:Not ideal, but not fatal or even necessarily negative. Depends on the circumstances.
Could you elaborate, please?
Not the poster you quoted, but just think about it for a minute. An ideal resume would have no gaps because you'd go smoothly from job to job or school to job, etc. That said, it's not that uncommon to have a gap, particularly for someone just out of school (or with a legitimate reason for just being out of a job).

If you can explain the gap (and 6 months is really not that long) with something, e.g., travel, then it's no big deal. Even if you can't, it probably won't hurt you.

Obviously, I'm no expert though.

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Re: Gap in the Resume

Post by Rigo » Sat Aug 08, 2015 10:23 pm

Yeah ^

Having a two year gap with no work experience is weird, for instance, and would raise red flags. Smaller gaps aren't as bad and can be more reasonably explained if asked.

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Re: Gap in the Resume

Post by GospelLeague » Sun Aug 09, 2015 4:33 pm

Get a 180 on LSAT and nothing else will matter, as long as you're not keen on YLS

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