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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is not dishonest to leave a job off your resume. The PPs claiming so are confusing an employment history for a resume. Those are two different things, especially when the employment history is submitted for the purposes of acquiring a security clearance.

A resume is typically one page and is a summary (not a play by play) of your most relevant experience. It aught to be tailored to each job you apply for, ie - not every company is going to get every single detail available, because that document would be too long. This 2 month temp job that didn't work out for OP is not relevant, because the truth is that she's still just trying to get back into her field after being out for two years. Her first attempt didn't pan out. No need to let people know that when she's trying for her second go at it.[/quote]

WRONG, you list all jobs, it's not a summary. Gaps usually means your hiding something.[/quote]

You are a weirdo. You really only include jobs that are relevant to your career experience and the job you're applying for. Are you one of those people with a 5 page resume because you've still got Baskin Robbins counter girl from 1992 on there?[/quote]

+1 There's a reason why the headings on your resume are "relevant experience," "education," and "certifications" or "languages" etc - not "comprehensive list of all jobs ever." If you do that, then you're wasting a lot of precious space on your resume talking about experience that doesn't matter to the job at hand. One page is a very limited amount of space to try to capture why you're experienced & have the right skills - every inch on that should be used wisely. I've been on the other end of when you get a hundred expressions of interest for one job. Each resume gets a quick glance over before deciding which pile it belongs in, and if we have to sort through a bunch of irrelevant stuff to see why you deserve a shot, then the reality is that we may not find that nugget you've hidden down in job #4. That's just the reality of the market - people don't have time to thoroughly read each resume when they get hundreds of applicants, so your resume is probably looked at for a matter of seconds before people decide whether you're a serious enough candidate to even read the whole thing. [/quote]

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