Veja como você pode efetivamente responder a perguntas sobre sua experiência de trabalho anterior em uma entrevista.

Tell the stories that they want to here about your life. You have so much vibrant experiences to share with a potential employee. But before telling the stories thing about "What do they need to know to make a decision to recruit me?". They are recruiting you because you bring something very valuable to them. What is it? Some employees might want to know your leadership skills, some might be interested only on the technical skills, others might want to know your ability to be a team member.

Quando se trata de carreira e realização, nada é melhor do que contar sua própria história. Ela vende porque é real, é verdadeira. Na entrevista, quando somos autênticos sobre nossos objetivos e o que realmente podemos oferecer, o recrutador fica encantado de verdade. É nesse momento que mostramos os resultados que conquistamos ao longo da carreira. É aí que entram todas as situações, as tarefas que realizamos, as ações que tomamos e os resultados que alcançamos. Sempre temos resultados para contar. É aí que escolhemos qual trajetória vamos compartilhar, dependendo do cargo ao qual estamos concorrendo, apresentamos a história de carreira que melhor se encaixa na posição da vaga em questão. Nossa carreira está em nossa essência.

Gaps shouldn't surprise anyone, but some hiring managers treat them as something that requires extensive explanations. If you have something negative in your past, figure out how you want to explain it. Hiding it is generally not a good idea since things have a way of surfacing. Also, if you have something noteworthy, you might want to share that as well. Maybe your child made the Olympic team. Maybe your spouse got a great job and you decided to be the stay at home parent. Maybe you had an opportunity to hike the Appalachian Trail. Or maybe you took time to travel the world with your mother while she battled ALS. I know people that did all of these. Figure out what stories you want to tell.

All of us have gaps in our work experience--whether it's a time gap, and skills gap, or a lay off. Knowing your gaps and identifying questions or concerns a potential employer might have will help you come prepared with answers to those questions confidently. Trying to hide the gaps or ignore them only bring more attention to them. Owning your weaknesses and addressing those gaps IS a strength and will highlight the other strengths you'll bring to a position as well.