cyclone22 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I am a doctor from India who wish to work in Australia. I want to apply for a job which needs 3 years of experience and I have 2 years and 10 months experience and on paid maternity leave for 6 months afterwards. I'm returning to work next month. (All together more than 3 years if I include paid maternity leave as work experience.) Will I be able to apply for that job? Is paid maternity leave considered as a career gap? Do I have to include maternity leave in my cv or can I just leave it out? Any help and suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Siva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone22 Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 Does anybody have a similar problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piglet Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Hi Siva I am not sure but i would have thought that your maternity leave will not count as work experience, but after working for 2 more months when you go back you would then qualify. I had a similar problem as i have been a qualified nurse since 2008 but in 2009 started my midwifery training during which i was fully employed from the hospital and 60% of training involved working and undertaking nursing skills, but i was advised that i could not include this in the three year experience. Best of luck to you and hopefully someone that is more clued up will come along soon and advice you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eera Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Always be honest in your CV, we don't regard legitimate gaps for maternity leave, raising kids etc as being negative. If you leave gaps we'll wonder if you were in jail or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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