OneTwo Resume

Job Search Situations

Updated · By Andrew Johnson, OneTwo Resume

Each guide starts from a situation rather than a job title: what to do this week, what not to do, and what your resume has to do, followed by the longer answers and the official sources they rest on.

Which situations are covered?

  • Laid off after 10 years at one company

    Laid off after a decade at one employer? Severance and unemployment steps, how to split ten years into roles on a resume, and how to explain the layoff.

  • Returning to work after a career gap

    Back after caregiving, illness, relocation or parenting? Show the gap on your resume, answer the interview question, find returnships, line up references.

  • Fired, not laid off: what to say

    Fired for cause? What your resume should and should not say, a 3-sentence answer to "why did you leave", what references can reveal, and unemployment.

  • Changing careers at 40 with no direct experience

    Changing careers at 40 with no experience in the new field: the resume format that works, translating 15 years of work, age-bias law, and bridge roles.

  • Job hunting while still employed

    How to look for a new job without your employer finding out: LinkedIn privacy settings, references, interviews, non-competes and what your resume says.

  • Leaving teaching for a corporate job

    Which corporate roles hire former teachers, how to rewrite classroom work in business terms, which certifications help, and what BLS pay data says.