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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Question, how do you cover up having lots of different jobs? Just not put them on the list? I'm at that stage in my life right now and am slightly worried a lot of different jobs looks bad on paper

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I personally have gone the route of having a full resume that includes all the details of my employment history, and then I'll use that as a basis for creating a specialized 2-page resume for the job I'm after.

i.e. if I won't be working with animals then I won't put down employment at a dog groomers. If I won't be cleaning, then I won't write "custodian" on the 2-page resume. I do however leave anything that includes certification, management, or other merits. Or anything relevant to the job I'm applying for.

From there, I just adjust the dates to fill in long gaps between employment. I still leave a few weeks or months between job titles so if they ask during an interview, then I can go over the jobs not included in my resume and blab about "finding my true passion in employment" and all that other fake shit. I do not dream of labor.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

In my specific case, the longest job I worked was for 4 years with a company that went out of business.

I became friends with the manager and was pretty close to his right hand man during the course of the businesses operation, but the time that I work for him was split up so I asked him if it was okay if he got a call for a job check to say that I had worked for him for that entire time period and he agreed, so that covered seven years of job hoppery as all one cohesive thing.

After I got my first big boy post college job they never really checked past the time I spent working there so it was just enough to get me through the door so I'd have a chance to prove myself and once I had proved myself I was clear.