Is being jobless for a year in the middle of your career an irreversible sin???

Mr. Sood! Never feel frustrated. Every day of life is counted as experience if you properly present them

THANK YOU JANAKI.

WHILE INTERVIEWING A JOBLESS CANDIDATE TH INTERVIEWER GETS CERTAIN UNFOUNDED APPREHENSIONS ABOUT THE CANDIDATE,WHETHER LAST EMPLOYER WOULD HAVE ASKED HIM TO PUT DOWN HIS PAPERS FOR NON PERFORMANCE OR FOR SOME FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES ETC.SO THE CANDIDATE GETS A LOW PRIORITY AMONG OTHERS WHO ARE WITH A JOB.WHEN THE CANDIDATE IS QUALIFIED & EXPERIENCED HE WILL NATURALLY GET SELECTED.IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE CAPABILITIES TO CONVINCE THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYER.LOOKING AT THE OTHER SIDE A SURVEY SAYS THE No 1 PROBLEM ANY MALE WILL FIND TO COPE UP IS THE LOSS OF HIS WIFE (WE FIND MORE WIDOWS THAN WIDOWERS)AND THE No 2 IS LOSS OF HIS JOB.MIND HAS TO BE BALANCED TO ACCEPT REALITY OR WHAT COME IN OUR WAY.

thaks Janaki Ram for referral. one need not be down for being jobless. as, a true professional should always be optimistic and any debacles should drive him/her to find better ways rather than thinking that current situation is SIN!!

I tend to agree with Mr Janaki Raman but at the same time the affected person should keep himself posted with the latest devlopments in the field of expartise and be updated.

Hello Sujit, Not at all. You can study or try to start your own business and think of somethingelse. No need to worry. It is better to think positive and do some aciviity. It will help you to move around in society with respect. Its depends on individual.

K Rajagopalan.

Not at all. Nothing is irreversible , except death ! Even if it takes years for you to get re-employed , after a break , you may be able to go up the corporate ladder very rapidly , thereafter.

In life , you can fall down any number of times ; failure is only when you refuse to get up again , exactly as in the boxing ring. As long as you get up before the count , you are still in with a chance of winning.

Robert Bruce's saying is still valid , hundreds of years later.

Joblessness occurs, either due to corporate retrenchment (compulsion of company) or individual's decision (voluntary decision).In the first case, individual is bit bewildered(rather frustrated) due to many things such as family prop-up, economical crunch, social circumstances where he lives. We heard, guys shot oneself after loosing jobs (USA) etc. However, given an adequate time to individual before retrenchment . help him make-do in living & be ready to face it.

In the second case, its voluntary, so I believe one is ready to face its consequences.

However, the case may be. Individual should not loose sight of his profession & need to continuously prepare for the nacent introduction/advancement etc during that period & be ready to face new challenge,if any comes, without fear.

Jobs are only one kind of employment. If your are doing something useful for your next job it is fantastic that your have concentrated on doing something useful.

Work life is only one sphere among others if you are a whole human being. Self employed people are often jobless.

I guess Mahatma Ghandi was jobless in large parts of his life. But I guess he was doing many useful things. Being a good parent or neighbor is also useful. BUt you have to tell the next employer, why it was useful for him or her that you did somethingas unexpected as being jobless for a year

Not it not. but its a question mark and the person need a proper explanation for the gap of one year. many companies filter such candidates but its wrong, they should be provided equal opportunities. it can be happened with everyone in today's scenarios.

Not at all..but its defnitely a question mark and would need complete and proper explanation as to why the person had to take a break for a year.

No it's not a sin and it's definitely not irreversible. Unfortunately it does not work that way in the corporate world or in the case of majority of salaried workers. You have a valid reason for your decision and the employer have theirs. It's like relating to frequent job changes as being ambitious to oneself Vs unreliable to employers. 

Gap in career need not be a sin as it is now becoming commonplace in developped world including India. However  one should be positive about it and should try to use the gap for some learning new skill or other gainful activity. It is never irreversible. What matters is marketable contemporary skill. Howver, sometimes unwanted job loss creates emotional turbulance, which takes time to overcome.

No i don't think so because i myself took break for about 1year and again i joined in a job but one thing is sure you will not be given higher post. And i also realized that once you take gap you might not update technological changes. If you keep track of Tech changes then taking gap in your career is not at all a big thing and it is not a irreversible sin.

I also believe that being jobless for a specific time period would not  be consider as sin if you have make the recruiters understand your reasons for the gap in between. I have known quite a number of persons who had reasons for not been unemployed for sometime yet they were fortunate enough to find another jobs with time.

Your pursuance and determination will be able to get you a job. Don't ever lose hope and determination. Just keep track of knowledge and let the employers know that you  in way lack knowledge required for the job and soon you will be able to find a good job for yourself..... Good Luck!!!

No, a gap between jobs is not a constraint for getting the next job, for as long as one has a valid reason for being idle and would be able to explain it the prospective employers.

Actually no, but companies use it as a reason for filtering people. Actually the reason being within a year many technological changes could have taken place and you may be out of date. So updating will help you to get a better job.......

All the best :)