Read the career break as part of the career

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A candidate's résumé is strong until the dates stop for two years. The conversation shifts toward the gap, as if the rest of their experience has become less reliable because time passed without a familiar job title. They may have been caring for someone, recovering, studying, or simply living through circumstances they do not owe an interview panel. Assess what the role needs now. Ask about relevant judgment, current skills, and what support would help them return to pace. If a tool or regulation has changed, name the learning honestly instead of treating the whole profession as forgotten. Curiosity can remain respectful without asking for private details to justify the break. A career is not invalidated by a season that cannot be neatly entered into a form. People return with experience, perspective, and sometimes a clearer sense of the work they want to do. Judge the real distance to the role, not the discomfort created by an empty line between dates.

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