In October of last year, I made the difficult decision to leave a professional role to care for my partner.
Without divulging too many details, she has a very rare medical condition which deteriorated badly last year to the point where I had to do most things for her. That wasn't feasible with 13-hour shift patterns and 16 hours out of the house each day. Fortunately, there's light at the end of the tunnel and I can now look for my next role.
I worked in a specialist field and when discussing my reasons for leaving with potential employers or recruiters it's not been an issue and they fully appreciate and understand my reasons for leaving.
Putting that on paper, and more specifically on my CV is proving harder.
I don't really want to leave my CV as "Position X September 2013 - October 2017" and then no explanation after that.
What would you consider to be the most concise and professional synopsis or "job title" for October 2017 - Present?
"Carer to partner" doesn't seem to do it justice and doesn't, to me at least, come across very professional. Or maybe I'm being too hard on myself.
Without divulging too many details, she has a very rare medical condition which deteriorated badly last year to the point where I had to do most things for her. That wasn't feasible with 13-hour shift patterns and 16 hours out of the house each day. Fortunately, there's light at the end of the tunnel and I can now look for my next role.
I worked in a specialist field and when discussing my reasons for leaving with potential employers or recruiters it's not been an issue and they fully appreciate and understand my reasons for leaving.
Putting that on paper, and more specifically on my CV is proving harder.
I don't really want to leave my CV as "Position X September 2013 - October 2017" and then no explanation after that.
What would you consider to be the most concise and professional synopsis or "job title" for October 2017 - Present?
"Carer to partner" doesn't seem to do it justice and doesn't, to me at least, come across very professional. Or maybe I'm being too hard on myself.