Why do most companies donot prefer candidates with a career gap , although the profile looks good and suitable for a job????

I agree to the point that candidates who do not bother to update themselves and have a long career gap of more than an year are not fit for the job being offered even though they are academically eligible. Moreover, they begin to lose touch with the real life job setting and experience such that the potential employer begin to lose confidence in the prospective employee.

I did/do have colleagues who after a long career gap faced difficulty in coping with the work pressures simply becuase they were not equipped to do so in terms of skills or otherwise. The long career gap did have some effect on them. This is the fact, And Krishan by the way, there is a lot of difference between a 2+ year of career gap and 3 month gap of rest that you were talking about in other countries. Therefore, I completely second this opinion that employee after a long career gap with no upgradation of knowledge are not fit to get recruited. If they do, they are at the peril of the employer.

Indian IT companies have ridiculous HR policy on career gaps. As long as the candidate is true in the information that he provides in the CV and is fit enough for the role then there should not be any problem.

WHY do you want companies to change.....everything is with the HR ( you are the starting point for outsiders ).....why dont HR think they should change and keep the policies clean.....This is the fundamental perception of HR...they always point towards something when something does not work........Y cant HR take the responsibility when it is with them

can you write two examples of recruitment in IT field where you have seen such things happen really.....i will learn about those companies. About JUSTIFICATION -- in my case, i quit a company bcos my father met with an accident and he was in hospital, he was in ICU for 3 months.....our whole family were shaked and taken aback from all our responsibilities....we prayed and everything went fine after 8 operations. My brother was at US and so i am required to be at home. After an year, things looks better and then i wanted to come back to IT.....RECESSION impacted....even worsening the gap....so add 2 more years to that....finally now i have 3 years of career gap..... how can i justify......honestly speaking, i tried hard to get an MBA admission, but could not succeed in getting admission....so in JAN-10 i decided to update my knowledge in IT and so did some certifications and am active on many forums abd blogs related to my technology and domain......NOW hearing all this, please advice me how i can convince / Justify HR .....I have been kept aside for many job postings bcos of career gap

I support your view, but where  to start, with the employers or with the education system....i say both need to upgrade

dont add vague points...but yes....your point is right.......companies/employers are on the track of increasing employee count without having the knowledge of whom they are recruiting....and subsequently suffering a lot .....but the question is " How much responsible are the HR and recruiement teams when something goes wrong and found that the employee is showing poor performance"

Then why are many women accepted to re-join at work after a long leave an year( be it parental leave or maternity leave ).....are they updating knowledge ....definitely no....HR perception is totally different.....

They are loosing the working atmospare and gradually working knwodge will reduce