Career Insights

You have rehearsed your answer to "tell me about this gap" at least three times. It still sounds apologetic. You are not sure there is another way to say it. You believe that there are two options — apologize for the gap and hope it is accepted, or deflect and hope they do not press furthe...

You Are Not Your Job Title: Rebuilding Identity After a Layoff

The news did not come suddenly. There had been rumours of restructuring for months, and I had watched colleagues prepare, apply, and interview. I thought they were being paranoid. 

Then it came like an arrow zipping past me, grazing my body and hurting badly.

I found myself in my cave, brooding o...