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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Cover Letter/Resume Question
Last June, I was laid off from my teaching job. By September, I hadn't found a new position and I was 5 months pregnant so I began focusing more on my family. I would like to start applying for jobs for next September, but I am not sure how to explain my lack of working this year. Should I put it in the cover letter or on the resume and how should I word it? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Re: Cover Letter/Resume Question
Cover letter; definitely not the resume
Something along the lines of "after taking off X months due to layoffs and the birth of my child, I am excited to re-enter the teaching field."
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Disclaimer: I am not an MD. Please don't PM me with pregnancy-related questions. Ask your doctor.
Maybe it's because I'm not a mother..or at all maternal...but I would definitely explain the gap, however, I wouldn't necessarily specifically mention the birth of your child or the layoff. I would likely say something like, "After utilizing the last eight months to focus on family following being laid off from XXX employer in June of 2010, I look forward to returning to a challenging full time position."
Leaving it as "family focused" or something like that would be more generic to me than to specifically say you have a newborn. Again, I apologize if that's insensitive. I'm not a mother.