[nabs-l] training and gaps in a resume

[Ashley Bramlett]

Hi all,
I wanted to ask you all about something that arose in the training centers not the real world thread.
I thought I’d ask this separately as it’s a big issue I pondered.
How do you deal with gaps in your resume?
What if you went to training? Have you listed this in a resume?
I went to our state center, and may go again out of state because as I mentioned, I did not get everything I needed in state.
But having been to training leaves gaps.
How can we use these gaps to our advantage? We cannot put training on a resume as we do not want to reveal blindness.

So what do you do if you had a gap in the resume? What if you were in training?
If you had a gap because you simply could not find a job and were not in school, what to say is a quandry.
Volunteering may be an option if you did something ongoing.

I’ll ask about these quotes below.
It caught my attention!

Cindy said,
“I have often told my employers about blindness training and how it
made me an effective problem solver. Use it to your advantage.”

Cindy, can you give examples?
Where are you employed?
How did you say it was an advantage?


Someone else said they used the training center as an advantage, although I am not sure who it is.

For now, I have a gap in my resume when I was in training. I don’t think its long enough to hinder me particularly in today’s economy when everyone has gaps.

But I did get to wondering how we can better tie training to  employment once we speak to the employer.

Ashley