You’ve had a job or two (or three) that have each lasted under a year. As you sit down to revamp your resume you wonder, “how in the world will anyone hire me if they see that I truly have been job hopping?”

And, yes, I do understand that “job hopping” occurs for reasons you sometimes cannot control (nasty boss, etc.) However, lying will catch up with you ultimately.

How do you overcome this resume flaw?

Simple. Use your cover letter to explain those hiccups or gaps. Listen, if an employer does a background check, they are going to find out everything and will not hire you.

Honesty is the best policy.

Next, do you have letters of recommendations from past employers? If not, can you obtain them? If so, you’ll hit a home run by enclosing the letters with your resume. When a potential employer sees that the former employers admired you as a worker and would hire you back in a nano-second, all is well. The new employer will overlook the hiccups or gaps because of your past employers’ recommendations.