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		throwaway314155 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My second year without a job > What they don't tell you is that employers are suspicious if you are out of the job market for more than a year literally one of the first things "they tell you" (it's common knowledge).

seanmcdirmid 10 months ago [–]

I wasn’t told, or maybe didn’t take it seriously enough.

bowsamic 10 months ago | [–]

They may be suspicious as in they ask, but as soon as you say it was to raise a child it will be fully answered without issue

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