Throughout the decades, however, more employees that had taken gap years or sabbaticals have found themselves hiring positions, says Nicoll, softening tinuity. The sheer number of people who’ve left their jobs or been laid off in the wake of Covid-19, has further shifted attitudes resume gaps have shifted. “Missing time in a CV is now generally met with open curiosity rather than an assumption of a person’s poor performance or reliability,” says Jill Cotton, careers-advice expert at company-reviews website Glassdoor, based in London.
