How recruitment companies evaluate candidates having employment history gaps?

 The recruitment company Indonesia approach candidates with employment history gap differently from those who have been continuously employed.

However, one should refrain from making pre-conceived notion about candidates whose resume carries gaps as this can prevent the recruitment agency Indonesia from identifying the talent who can bring wonders to the company.

Here are some of the tips for evaluation of the candidates who have an employment history gap:

• Be consistent and open minded

The approach should be totally different, but the entire evaluation should be done without any pre-set assumptions. Discuss the reason for the eruption of employment gap in the career. Also, having a gap doesn't signify that the candidate is not capable of doing any job. One should focus on the experience and skills the candidate carries with him/her.

• Evaluate experience and skills

The candidates should be assessed in the same manner as we assess the person who is currently employed. The overall skill and relevant experiences help the recruitment firm in deciding whether the candidate will work or not.

• References

The current employees usually refer their friends and family for job positions in the organisations who may or may not be having work experience. In such situations asking open ended questions can bring valuable insights. In order to ensure fairness in hiring process, the pre-employment testing should be the same for the candidates with work experience and those who lacks work experience.

• Discuss employment gap of the candidate

In order to be consistent regardless of the work history, the recruiters often focus on behavior based questions during the interview in order to judge whether or not the candidate has the right characteristics to handle the job position. Also to discuss the employment gap, the questions need to be phrased properly and carefully keeping the ethical and legal considerations intact. For instance, the candidate who took time off the work to study must be encouraged to tell the reasons by asking about the new skills learnt during the course.

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