The resume gap…it used to feel like it spelled the end of a career, but that’s not true, especially now.
We’re living in a time when career gaps (once seen as red flags) are becoming part of the new professional norm.
Whether it’s stepping away to raise a family, navigating layoffs, or hitting pause for personal growth. The question isn’t whether you’ve had a break, it’s how you tell the story of that break.
Returning to the workforce after time away can feel like starting from scratch, but what if your so-called “gap” is your greatest strength? What if the skills you gained while off the corporate track are exactly what hiring managers need right now?
What steps can you take to get call-backs and start landing interviews? How do you package your time away?
In this episode, we’re joined by Erika Price, founder and head coach at Root Cause Coaching. We discuss how professionals can confidently reenter the job market and reshape their career narratives.
She shares how she helps professionals transform “career gaps” into value-packed stories
Guest Bio
Erika Price is the founder and head coach at Root Cause Coaching. She’s led teams at tech giants like Microsoft and Intel, been both a recruiter and a hiring manager, and navigated her own successful return after a long career break. With 20 years of business experience, Erika has seen firsthand how careers evolve, both the planned pivots and the unexpected ones. While at Microsoft, she created an award-winning coaching program that helped hundreds of colleagues navigate career challenges. Today, she’s a career coach with 500+ hours of coaching experience, working with professionals from Google, Microsoft, PwC, Morgan Stanley, AWS, and more. She helps high-achievers break through roadblocks, step into leadership roles, and find careers that align with their values and strengths. To learn more, visit https://rootcausecoaching.com/.
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Vince Holt is the founder and CEO of Management Recruiters of Mercer Island. With 35+ years industry experience, he is the only MRINetwork team member to win CSAM of the Year, Person of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Awards. In addition to spending time with his wife, children and grandchildren, Vince has raced motorcycles for over 50 years, winning 5 National Championships.
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