I'm 22M and haven't had a job in a while. I'm a student and have been in full-time education my whole life.I had a summer job in a garden centre when I was 19 but nowadays people seem to get on your ass if you have any gap in your CV / resume
That's not to say I haven't been looking. Every summer I do the big job search in my area. I'm not picky and hardly anyone will give me a chance. So no job since then. Luckily for me my parents are low income so my student loan is in the high end (UK). But each year I feel more and more pressure as the CV gap gets bigger.
I just want a cafe/supermarket/bullshit job to show that I'm willing and able and to fill the time while I'm in my year out. So I was thinking when they ask about the gap… Just lie. Why not? Something like… Oh well I would have loved to be working all this time my good sir but I have had an acute chronic illness which has only now been medicated. It's been a stress just to balance school and social life!
And this wouldn't be a big stretch as my mental health has often been in the shitter cos of a family tragedy… I don't know I just feel guilty about being jobless!!