I continue to sort through the deposits on pressfeed. Commentary for the online publication Trud.com, which, unfortunately, has closed in Russia. The request from the journalist was: How to write a resume to restart a career after maternity leave. We need advice for women who are returning from maternity leave on how to write a resume. How to make your resume competitive after a break? Examples of wording are welcome: how to show skills, personal qualities? How can you use your resume to convince an employer that after a break you can immediately work full-time and show results? *The volume of the test was supposed to be very small, so it would hardly have been possible to cover the topic in detail. This is what happened: When looking at your resume, the employer wants to see that you are actually ready for work, have resolved your “family matters” and have not lost your qualifications. Thus, you need to focus on ensuring that your resume does not look like the resume of a “maternity leaver”: Firstly, information about children at the initial stage may not be included in the resume at all. If you were on maternity leave for up to 3 years (and did not quit in advance), then you just need to indicate your last place of work, position and the duties that you performed BEFORE going on maternity leave. Information about marital status, number and age of children is not required to be included in the resume, and is usually clarified during the interview. Secondly, if there is a break in the length of service, it can be “disguised.” We often underestimate those projects that we conduct “pro bono”, with part-time employment, on a voluntary basis. If you did not work for hire, but did something in the form of short-term projects for one-time customers, performed important functions in your SNT, HOA, etc., you can indicate exactly what projects you led and what “public” positions you held. Volunteer projects can also be listed here, indicating the organization and functionality. The third option is not suitable for everyone, but may work in some cases. I have seen resumes in which the candidate indicated a “joke position” such as “mother of the family” and listed the functionality for organizing and administering “family life.” You need to be extremely careful with this format, since it is unknown whether the specialist who will read your resume will appreciate your sense of humor. The fourth option is to go ahead. The period of maternity leave should not be hidden or glossed over (after all, it is normal for a woman to give birth to children, and it is difficult to combine this with work). Then you should indicate in your cover letter how you maintained your qualifications while you were not working (for example, advanced training courses that correspond to the position you are applying for are well suited for this). And it would be useful to note how the issue of supervision was resolved children during your absence. Grandmothers, full-time nannies, kindergarten + nanny make a good impression. That is, you need to demonstrate that you have “everything covered” in case your child gets sick and sick leave will not be a headache for the employer. Since according to the rules of the site you can place advertisements here, I will take advantage of this :) I invite mothers to career consultations. In 2 hours we will develop a personal strategy for exiting maternity leave..