TRAPS: Atough question if you’ve been on the beach a long time. You don’t want to seem like damaged goods.
BEST ANSWER: You want to emphasize factors which haveprolonged your job search by your own choice.
Example:“After my job was terminated, I made a conscious decision not to jump on thefirst opportunities to come along. In mylife, I’ve found out that you can always turn a negative into a positive IF youtry hard enough. This is what I determined to do. I decided to take whatever time I needed tothink through what I do best, what I most want to do, where I’d like to doit…and then identify those companies that could offer such an opportunity.”
“Also, inall honesty, you have to factor in the recession (consolidation, stabilization,etc.) in the (banking, financial services, manufacturing, advertising, etc.)industry.”
“So betweenmy being selective and the companies in our industry downsizing, the processhas taken time. But in the end, I’mconvinced that when I do find the right match, all that careful evaluation fromboth sides of the desk will have been well worthwhile for both the company thathires me and myself.
