Jobquest: Resumes and "trivial" jobs
Nov. 9th, 2009 08:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
athelindYou know, I've been leaving my current position at the comic-and-game shop off of my resume, on the assumption that it's somehow "too trivial" and "doesn't look good" for a prospective science professional.
On the other claw, it adds two vitally important things to my resume:
I think I have far too much ego invested in the wrong places. I've been more concerned with presenting myself as a ⟨jonlovitz⟩Scientist⟨/jonlovitz⟩ than as a worker--and I have no idea if that's for the "benefit" of prospective employers, or to sustain my own precarious illusions.
So what looks better? A resume that says "I work in a comic book shop", or one that says "I haven't worked at all since 2007"?
Or have I already answered my own question?
*Aside from my time at AppleOne, which I treat as a single job instead of listing each contract/position individually.
On the other claw, it adds two vitally important things to my resume:
- Evidence that I am, in fact, currently employed; and
- A position that I've held for more than a year -- the only one I've held for more than a few months, since getting my degree in 2003.*
I think I have far too much ego invested in the wrong places. I've been more concerned with presenting myself as a ⟨jonlovitz⟩Scientist⟨/jonlovitz⟩ than as a worker--and I have no idea if that's for the "benefit" of prospective employers, or to sustain my own precarious illusions.
So what looks better? A resume that says "I work in a comic book shop", or one that says "I haven't worked at all since 2007"?
Or have I already answered my own question?
*Aside from my time at AppleOne, which I treat as a single job instead of listing each contract/position individually.
