Minute Mentor: How to Explain a Gap in Employment

Posted By: Whitney Herrington on July 14, 2016

Check out today's Minute Mentor on how to explain a gap in employment after being terminated, laid-off, and other reasons.
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Whitney Herrington
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Western Michigan Univ class of 2008
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Reginald Culpepper
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I moved this to Career Content because we will be doing away with the Career Video section, as there is no direct link to that category on our web site. Sorry.
Thursday, July 14th 2016 at 5:45PM

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