If a job gap involves education, the applicant can include education as one of the first items on the resume. If the gap resulted from business closure or downsizing, a short explanation on the resume will suffice to explain that situation.  Potential employers are likely to be sympathetic. A potentially more hazardous situation involve termination due to mistakes or incompetence. Every working person hopes to avoid this scenario.  However, we live in a world of imperfect people. It’s never a good idea to lie or misrepresent this kind of situation on a resume. Instead, present the episode as a learning experience. Karen Alphonse, the Search Solutions Leader and Executive Coach at ExecSearches, stated: “Most interviewers know that during the course of a healthy career, sometimes things do not go well.  They are impressed by those with the honesty and clarity of vision to accept responsibility for their shortcomings and move forward armed with renewed self- awaren