In Friday's post, a reader expressed concern about a 10-month gap between jobs. The reader worried that employers would look dimly upon the work gap. In that post, we looked at a few suggestions on how to cast the cork gap in a more favorable light. More explanation is in order, however, as to how to handle a long gap in employment on your resume. Our suggestion?

Put the "fun" in a functional resume. A functional resume allows you to highlight your skills and accomplishments, your industry-specific skills and computer savvy. It allows you to draw the eyes - and search engines' - attention. On functional resumes, your accomplishments are categorized by skill set. And toward the bottom, a listing of where you've worked, your education and your civic activities.

Highlights and shadows. By using a functional resume, you diminish where you've worked - simply because of that section's placement on your functional resume. The added bonus, here, is that your functional resume will simultaneously diminish the time span you worked, thus doing the same for the times you have networked. As a result, a functional resume helps you highlight the positives and diminish the potential negative of a long gap between jobs.

IN THE CARAVAN: Highlight your categorized skills and shadow your work gap by using a functional resume.

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