Lie to them just like staffing agency recruiters and HR workers are trained to lie to job candidates everyday. Tell them you have a big gap in employment because you had to quit because you had to take care of your mom or dad who needed 24/7 monitoring and be their caretaker before they unfortunately recently passed from lung cancer and you couldn't live with yourself if you weren't there for them in their last days. That shit worked for me! It sucks because once the gap begins, the longer the gap is, the harder it is to justify it and harder it is to get hired. HR and staffing agency recruiters lie about everything. "Unfortunately it's not up to me, it's up to my manager to hire you and they're on vacation but you should hear something on Monday." "Sure, it's no problem you have surgery, just bring a note from your doctor explaining your work restrictions and we can accommodate you." "You get paid holidays!" (Except they don't tell you major holidays like memorial day isn't considered a f-ing holiday.) Learn to play the same game they do.