Here at our resume builder, we receive questions similar to the ones below on a regular basis. The circumstances may vary, but the main concern is usually the same. Here’s our suggestion.
Question
I’ve been looking for work for a long time and I haven’t received an acceptable offer. (I’m embarrassed to admit how long it took, but I started measuring the time in weeks. Then I measured it in months. And now you understand.) I tried to stay positive, and I was committed to my search, but I got nervous about the timeline. I wonder if the employer fired me just because I had been on the market for a long time. Should I write this in my cover letter? Should I explain that despite the growing gaps in my resume, I am a hard worker and a smart person? Or should I just keep quiet and hope they don’t notice?
Answer
Don’t say anything and hope they don’t notice. Seriously. Your cover letter should above all be positive, confident, and professional. And there’s nothing positive or reassuring about an unwarranted apology, especially for circumstances that weren’t your fault. You may be unemployed, but the average job search in 2013 lasted eight months, so your situation is not unusual. Most smart, responsible companies are willing to overlook these superficial details in order to find candidates who are a good fit for their positions. Hiring employees is difficult and expensive, so rejecting a bright candidate for reasons like this is self-defeating. However, the dismal candidate who leads his introduction with a discussion of his unemployment status is not one most hiring managers would want to bet on. Rejecting candidates in this category is good business. So set yourself apart by explaining exactly how your brilliant credentials and targeted qualifications meet the true needs of this position, and save discussions about your employment status for the interview. Even so, only say it if asked. In the meantime, remember the three Ps of being persistent, patient, and polite and use our Free Cover Letter Generator to help your application get noticed so you can end your employment gap.
PakarPBN
A Private Blog Network (PBN) is a collection of websites that are controlled by a single individual or organization and used primarily to build backlinks to a “money site” in order to influence its ranking in search engines such as Google. The core idea behind a PBN is based on the importance of backlinks in Google’s ranking algorithm. Since Google views backlinks as signals of authority and trust, some website owners attempt to artificially create these signals through a controlled network of sites.
In a typical PBN setup, the owner acquires expired or aged domains that already have existing authority, backlinks, and history. These domains are rebuilt with new content and hosted separately, often using different IP addresses, hosting providers, themes, and ownership details to make them appear unrelated. Within the content published on these sites, links are strategically placed that point to the main website the owner wants to rank higher. By doing this, the owner attempts to pass link equity (also known as “link juice”) from the PBN sites to the target website.
The purpose of a PBN is to give the impression that the target website is naturally earning links from multiple independent sources. If done effectively, this can temporarily improve keyword rankings, increase organic visibility, and drive more traffic from search results.
