Have a career break of 6 Months (& counting), Request your guidance.
I worked as a SWE for 2.5 years at an Indian MNC, I honestly didn't like the project as my daily work used to on a legacy technology, My manager never approved me (or anyone for that matter) to move to a different project with good tech stack and challenging workspace. So, resignation was my only choice without any backup offer, which I chose and later I unfortunately had to undergo a surgery, My doctor had advised me to take 3 months break from everything and stay home. It's been 6 monts since I left my job, currently I am revising the concepts of Java (Core & Advanced), SQL, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap along with Spring Boot. My problem is do recruiters consider my profile, even if I get an opportunity, do recruiters consider my salary negotiation, and does my career break affect the hiring process? Please guide me. Thank you in advance!
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hey buddy, i took a break of 9 months for CAT. I got a job with 50% hike. Don't worry, stay positive. I started applying since jan and got calls from mid jan. I had applied over 600+ applications. Got calls from 30-40, got chance to interview for 10 companies and selected in 3. So be positive, market is hard, u will have to work hard to get calls. But gap isn't the reason for not getting calls. Let me tell you how to get calls. I have 1.5 years in angular with tcs. But i learn java, springboot sql too. So wherever applicable i applied. My dsa and all that stuff is not good, as i had decided to pursue management. That's the story for another day. Yeah, so i used linkedin day and night. Hit easy apply within minutes of job posted. I observed that first 15 applications might have chance to get call from recruiters. Sometimes got calls through career websites of companies, staffing agencies like optimhire. Naukri is a good platform, update your info there. Put immediate joiner, ur tech stack in both linkedin and naukri. Keep updating naukri everyday, so that ur profile shows on top for recruiters ( change spaces or something like that). Ohh and referal works like a charm ✌️
remember getting call is important and then sell your story. They used go get impress when i told them about my CAT ambitions ...make a story of ur health and sell it...Ask me if u need something more
i have a question.. my company made layoff at January and i was part of it but they giving me last work day if 28th Feb ..
should I join any company just on 1st March or i can wait 15 to 20 more days ?
I took a break of 6 months and got more than 100% hike. Thats because I was severely underpaid at my old job.
HR folks will try to undermine you to bring down the number, dont bend. 6 months is very insignificant time.You stick to your expected number (not a range), talking about how thats the market value.
Good luck.