Finding a job is already hard enough, and these days, it’s getting harder.

The average job seeker is dealing with a rapid rise in ghost jobs (roles that don’t technically exist), offshoring, and a general flooding of the market. A typical applicant will apply to over 200 individual jobs before landing a new position. And now, AI agents and algorithms are filtering out candidates before human recruiters even lay eyes on their resumes—and a lot of good hires are getting swept away because of so-called “red flags.”

One big red flag AI is trained to look for is a big employment gap.

Woman on LinkedIn eviscerates the ‘resume gap police’

A post on LinkedIn from Charlsie Niemiec, an editorial strategist, is making big waves. In it, Niemiec tackles the epidemic of human recruiters or interviewers—and their AI counterparts—demanding explanations for long gaps in employment.

She calls them the “employment gap police.”

“You are interviewing someone for a job. You are not their priest, their therapist, or their biographer. You do not get........

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