Career Gap – How to handle it?

Hello,

I’m currently in my late 40s, doing CFA (L2 result is pending in July’24). I have a career gap of 12 years (for first 3 years I took a break due to some personal reasons, and then I couldn’t land a job as I was unable to shift away from my city as I had to look after my parents, both of whom were seriously ill at that time, and then Covid period started). In the meantime, during this huge break, I continuously upgraded myself by doing multiple courses in finance before finally joining the CFA and passed Level 1 in the last May. Now I seriously want to join the workforce after completing my L2/L3 exam.

Now, my issue is how can I bridge this gap in my career? Any advice regarding this, and how to constructively handle it, will be of big help to me. I really want to join the work force as a Finance professional. Earlier, I had worked for 10 years, in the IT field as a Corporate Trainer, which I think will be of no help to me in my current venture. What exactly should I do? Please help, anyone.

Note:  I do admit that I shall be required to disclose the reasons for taking a break from work. And I’m absolutely open to it, as there’s nothing that can’t be disclosed if asked for.
But the problem is that I’m not getting any response for my job applications (may be due to this break period, I think), what should I do in this regard? Please help.

Thanks in advance.