We hired a guy who had been out for a decade. We structured it as a three-month contract at a cheap rate, with promise to hire full time at a more normal salary if he worked out. This minimized our downside if he didn't work out. (It also minimized his downside. If we had tried to rip him off, he would have three months of current work on his resume.)
If you run into potential employers who are afraid to take a chance on you because of the four-year gap, you might propose something like that.
If you run into potential employers who are afraid to take a chance on you because of the four-year gap, you might propose something like that.