How do i go about putting this on my resume?

[UrbanPoet]

I wanna apply for new job, so im updating my resume.

However... I only worked @ one job im happy with putting on my resume.
From 2004-mid 2007 i worked mainly retail jobs. Not really worth putting on my resume...
but from 2001-2004 i worked in supervisory role @ a movie theatre... It dealt with a lot clerical stuff and cash handling. So that kinda relates to the stuff i wanna apply for.

So what do i do about the period of time where i worked those jobs that have little value towards my resume?

[rfdrfd]

HOw is your resume set up?

By time? Chronologically?

2004-2007: Retail jobs (______ Company names)
- organized....
- in charge of ......

2001-2004: Theatre Supervisor
- in charge of accounts, schedulling shifts, documentation for staff
- supervised 10 staff
- training of staff
- completed performance appraisals of all staff
-
-


If its by skills, then just highligh the skills you learned from the retail jobs. Skills that directly relate to the REQUIREMENTS to the job posting you want to apply for.

Simply said, ALL jobs, ALL work relates somehow to what you want to do later. Its just a matter of how you describe what you did.

Even if you worked at McD's, you learned teamwork, work under pressure, on-time performance, doing it RIGHT the FIRST time, customer service and satisfaction, etc.

[jonawesome]

Put your supervisor job under 'relevant work experience', which is written usually on the first page of your resume, closer to the top. Go into detail about your responsibilities with this job.

For all your other crap jobs, put them under 'Additional work and Volunteer (if applicable) Experience', and put it more towards the end, right before your 'Extra Curriculars'. Only have one or two bullets for each of these jobs that you worked, make it brief as these jobs aren't relevant to the jobs you're applying to.

[Engi-Nir]

HOw is your resume set up?

By time? Chronologically?

2004-2007: Retail jobs (______ Company names)
- organized....
- in charge of ......

2001-2004: Theatre Supervisor
- in charge of accounts, schedulling shifts, documentation for staff
- supervised 10 staff
- training of staff
- completed performance appraisals of all staff
-
-


If its by skills, then just highligh the skills you learned from the retail jobs. Skills that directly relate to the REQUIREMENTS to the job posting you want to apply for.

Simply said, ALL jobs, ALL work relates somehow to what you want to do later. Its just a matter of how you describe what you did.

Even if you worked at McD's, you learned teamwork, work under pressure, on-time performance, doing it RIGHT the FIRST time, customer service and satisfaction, etc.

Your education comes first on the resume, if applicable..
then you have to list all work like mentioned above..and like mentioned..put in the key words, team work/organization skills/etc..emphazie those key things that make your resume..

in your coverletter, mention all things that are revelant to the job being applied to...but your resume must be accurate...otherwise they will ask you what you did between 2001-2004...opens up too many questions....if on resume and listed like mentioned above, no worries. I am more of a help with more technical oriented resumes :)

[Bazooka Joe]

Put all jobs on resume, find something positive about them: handled cash, dealt with customer complaints, learned sales (in every job you have to "sell" something at some point, even if only ideas), etc. If you can laugh at yourself it helps too. I was a "Sandwich Artist" during university and had that on my resume alongside 24 months of professional international co-op experience. Guess which job I was guaranteed to get questioned on?

I was part of an interviewing panel for a recent hire and we ended up going with someone who worked at McD's. She aced most of the behavioural questions just using experience from that job.

Any time you had multiple jobs or job + school put that on - shows you're a hard worker, good at time management, etc.

The only exception to putting all your jobs on your resume would be any job you got fired from (or didn't have enough foresight and burned bridges on the way out).