Exploring Employment Gaps

This course explores students’ concerns around employment gaps, chiefly though not exclusively related to mental illness, and the associated feelings and anxieties. It explores the pros and cons of being open about having gaps, explains how to reframe experiences in a positive light, and looks at the employer perspective. Practicalities are explored, including how to provide references if you have not recently been in employment, ways to gain experience, how to find good employers, and CV tips (though this is not a CV workshop).