Reply #1: Absolutely Not!!

[MsUnderstood]

If you put a medical leave of absence on your resume, you are going to be RED FLAGGED and you won't get an interview. The person reviewing will assume a lot of things about your medical leave, and it will be assumptions that go against you.

I know companies cannot discriminate based on this item, but how are you gonna know if they do--they'll just put your resume in the NO pile without even talking to you.

Besides, the economy is in the pooper, how will they know that you haven't been looking for a year? Leave that information off until you get to the interview.

Now as to handle that in the interview, I hope someone has a good strategy for tht.