What gets in the way
- Date fields make the gap the first thing a reader sees
- Skills are current but the last role is not recent
- Confidence costs more than capability at the application stage
- Part-time and flexible roles are scattered across boards
A gap is a question every form asks obliquely and no form gives you room to answer.
Structure, not a measurement.
The same four refusals apply to every candidate, and they matter most to the people this page is for.
No profile is set to “open to work” on your behalf, nothing is posted, and no recruiter or employer is contacted for you. Applications go to the vacancies you approved, and nowhere else.
Pause lets anything mid-submission finish and starts nothing new. Stop does the same and holds. Submissions are off by default until you turn them on.
Enough to watch one application go out end to end and see the receipt come back. No card.