What to put on a resume

[Senusret I]

I want to add my two cents of encouragement....

Very often, your next new job will come from a personal connection or personal introduction, and not a blind resume submission.

When you get your foot in the door that way, it's easier to explain your resume in an interview and let other things shine.

I hope it all works out for both of you.

[PeppyGPhiB]

You should not put every detail of every job on your resume, but you should account for at least the past 10 years. Think about it: if you leave off the "dead end" positions you're talking about, won't it look like you just weren't working during those gaps? Besides, most jobs give you something, some skill sets, to put on a resume, even if it's not the same field or type of position you ultimately want to be in.

BTW, if you're not getting interviews, I'd guess it probably has something to do with the formatting of your resume. I look at a lot of resumes here, and 80% of them are terrible. Not because of content, but because they have weird font, or mis-aligned bullets or text that indicates they don't know how to use Word, or they have spelling errors. Clean up your resume, the more white space the better if you're young, and I bet you'll at least get some interviews. And get an internship if you haven't already.

[LowLite]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I want to add my two cents of encouragement....

Very often, your next new job will come from a personal connection or personal introduction, and not a blind resume submission.

When you get your foot in the door that way, it's easier to explain your resume in an interview and let other things shine.

I hope it all works out for both of you.

Yeah, this makes a lot of sense, but this is hard to do. I lost my 2nd job, or better yet, I had to leave because the two jobs conflicted. I start working at Wendy's Monday, so I'll have two jobs again. It's frustrating because right now it seems like these are the only jobs I'm able to get. We're getting ready to buy a house so I need two jobs. I guess it's who you know what what you know.