Home Entertainment And News CEO Shares The Most Impressive Way To Explain A Resume Gap During A Job Interview It's all about turning it into an impressive growth opportunity, no matter the reason.

Overall, resumes without a gap had an 11.3% callback rate, and those with a gap of one or two years had about a 10% callback rate. But after a three-year gap, the callback rate dropped to 4.3%.

On my resume, I have two jobs that I stayed at for less than six months (one was a layoff, so that’s generally less difficult to explain).