hanyo wrote:
rawrness wrote:
I'd be tempted put them down and just make a guess at the dates. At least it shows you've done something. Could help you in interviews too... like when they ask experience/work-based questions like "name a time when you've dealt with an awkward situation in the workplace"... I mean you could be creative and think up a few examples based on those past jobs. Not that I encourage full-on lying, but I think most people stretch the truth a little in interviews.
I don't think I could think of any examples of anything. The two jobs I did have only lasted 2 weeks and 5 weeks over a decade ago. I doubt any employer would care that I had a paper route for 2 weeks almost 20 years ago and cleaned for 5 weeks over 10 years ago. I don't even know where I worked or who my boss was at the cleaning job. I'd be so vague about those jobs that it would probably seem like I was making it up because they are impossible to verify.
I tend to use google to find some examples that are passable... then memorise them. It's just a pain if they ask you to expand on whatever it is you've memorised :S then you're in trouble.
Like I said - my tactics are not the best, don't listen to me.
And I didn't realise it was that long since you did the jobs. Although I have something on my CV from 8 years ago and have still been asked about it, so maybe they would be interested? I was told that it's better to stick anything on my CV just so that the interviewer has something to draw questions from.
30 Jul 2012, 12:13 pm
