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Gokulakrishnan Question by Gokulakrishnan on Jul 23, 2024Hindi
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My wife worked in TCS, IBM AND IQ BACK OFFICE 6+ year is in BPO accounts receivable and payable. After 2nd baby she not able to countinue the job,due to baby carrying, after that carrier break 6 years she search the job now, but not get the job due to carrier break. I need best suggestion

Ans: Gokulakrishnan Sir,

Getting a job with 6-years career break is slightly difficult but not impossible. During the 6-years career break, she could have done some online Certification Courses related to her domain.

Advise her to prepare her Resume and also fine-tune her LinkedIn Profile with keywords of her experience with TCS, IBM, IQ & BPO.

To put job alerts in LinkedIn Profile, related to the Job Profile handled by her. Once she gets notifications of job vacancies in LinkedIn, she can try to apply and / or try to upgrade any skills required for a particular job through online with Certifications.

Needs a lot of patience and dedication.

All the BEST for Your Wife's Bright Future.

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