The career break penalty is real. But the reasons hiring managers believe in it are mostly wrong.

The Career Break Penalty Is Real. But the Reasons Hiring Managers Believe in It Are Mostly Wrong.

Harvard Business Review’s March/April 2026 issue featured a marketing executive who paused his career for a decade to homeschool his neurodiverse daughter, now contemplating how to reenter. His story captures something most career advice completely misses about what hiring managers actually fear when they see a gap on a resume. I want to start with[…]

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