Thought resume gaps were a dealbreaker until a hiring manager in Cleveland proved me wrong

Keith Rodriguez · 2026-10-15T13:45:07.41739+00:00

I had a 14 month gap on my resume from caring for my dad and figured every application was going straight in the trash. Last Tuesday a hiring manager named Dana at a logistics company in Cleveland called me and said the gap was actually why she picked my resume out of 200. Has anyone else gotten a job specifically because of something they thought would sink them?

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