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The first 90 days back after a long career break aren't about proving you haven't forgotten everything. They're about proving you can learn the current version of the job. Here's a month-by-month field guide to building credibility quietly and making the gap irrelevant by probation.
The standard advice — rebuild your confidence, then start applying — gets the order wrong. Confidence is what happens after you do the thing, not before. Nine genuinely small ways to get back in the room, with scripts for the awkward bits.
Job adverts are marketing, not promises. But the wording often leaks the truth. Here are 11 UK job-ad signals that suggest an employer is genuinely relaxed about CV gaps — plus the interview questions that test the claim.
We spoke to UK recruiters and hiring managers about CV gaps, sabbaticals and caring breaks. Most don’t panic at a blank stretch — they panic at a vague explanation. Here’s what actually reassures them, in their own words.
UK employers still flinch at the blank space on a CV, even though career breaks are a normal part of working life. It’s time to reframe the gap as a chapter — and for hiring managers to catch up.