Ideal time to remain Jobless

Hi Folks, If one resigns without an offer, and worst case if he didnt get any offer during the 3 months Notice period tenure so in that case what is the ideal time for Jobless, so the career gap should not widen ex : 6 months of gap is enough i guess any opinion on this

3mo ago

JazzyMuffin

TCS

3mo

Here's what I found from my job search last year:

"Gap" conditions exists only in service based companies like TCS, Capgemini, Accenture, Wipro, Cognizant, etc. for TCS when I was joining it was clearly mentioned gap < 1 year, while my friend has confirmed gap > 6 months isn't good and there will be issues.
But no need to worry, there are product based companies and even startups which doesnt think about gap

DizzyPretzel

TCS

3mo

Even if we give genuine reasons then also

JazzyMuffin

TCS

3mo

@HairyStream5 , @Sure50 - Good questions, here's both of your answers:

It doesn't matter what the reason for gap is, for recruiter/HR, it's just a criteria to filter people. Assume u r intheir shoes and u suddenly got 600 resumes for 2 posts, how do you filter them? After ATS scan, they see other conditions like GAP, frequency of job switch, etc.
1 year gap is actually too much honestly, so DO NOT mention it as a 1 year gap. I assume no matter how free u were u might have taken some certificate, some course or some personal learning of some sort right? Add that here, even if you took a certification course/internship for 3 months, show in resume like 1 year.