text: i have an unemployement gap of over  5 years. how can i explain it in my cv? my previous job experience is not relevent to my current high qualification well it depends on what you did. were you unemployed by choice? did you choose to stay home for family, to help out a friend or family memeber, to take care of someone who is sick and unable to tend to themselves? medical reasons? there are a number of reason as to how you can explain the gap.