"Fill employment gaps decreasing the time scale. Instead of Month/Year next to each job, just put the year. Nobody cares..."
Not true, I had a pretty awkward conversation with someone in HR at one of the big tech companies who wanted me to break down my employment history into as much detail as possible, to explain a gap. This was very, very late in the hiring process and needless to say, I would much rather have talked about it up front, before getting my hopes up, etc. I don't know what the answer is here, but I'm not sure that obfuscation is it.
If they want to get into details you can explain gaps in person. If they care more about analyzing your work gaps than your skills then they already decided to pass on you and now they want you to help them justify their decision.
Not true, I had a pretty awkward conversation with someone in HR at one of the big tech companies who wanted me to break down my employment history into as much detail as possible, to explain a gap. This was very, very late in the hiring process and needless to say, I would much rather have talked about it up front, before getting my hopes up, etc. I don't know what the answer is here, but I'm not sure that obfuscation is it.