RE: What's MS Experience worth on your resume?

["Lauren" <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>]

I've had hiring managers look at my résumé and see the gaps.  They asked me
why I wasn't working during these periods and I answer, "I usually don't
work during the holidays.  I like my time-off."  This sort of thing makes me
very unappealing as a regular employee, but I've been a contractor for a
long time and I do like my breaks.

Lauren


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> If it were me ...
> 
> I'd arrange the hiatus so that it coincided with ski season and spend
> three months ski-bumming in BC as a powder guide or the like. 
> Best of all
> possible worlds!
> 

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