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Curriculum Vitae (CV) confusion?

I've graudated early this year. I got my first job but it was for 4 months. I had several part-time working experiences during my studies. So the question is: Should I include my part-time experiences in my CV? If yes, does it had any advantage or just scare employer away. Thank You.

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1. Yes, emphasize the ones that are relevant to the job you're seeking now.
2. As long as you had never been fired from your part time jobs, and you worked at them longer than a couple of months, there's no harm in putting them on a CV. If your time at a job was too short, potential employers may be scared off by the lack of commitment to any given job.
3. Absolutely, it helps show employers that you have experience of work. even if the work is not relevant to the employment you are seeking, it shows that you are reliable, and have some experience of working Depending on what sort of job you are applying for you can also use your experience to demonstrate some of the skills you may need in that job. For instance most employers will ask for team working skills, whatever your part time job was you must have worked in some type of team so you could highlight this. many employers will ask for good communication skills, again you can probably use part time employment to help demonstrate this. the list is endless but having some work experience under you belt will put you in good standing. as you get more work relevant work experience you can start to drop some of the less relevant things.
4. You need to list EVERY job you have ever had. Say it was part time.
5. sure! It would be an advantage, if you mention your part-time experiences. Why? 1. It help employer to understand your skills as a part-time workers (like students who are sharp with their studies they do part-time jobs as well. 2. You will be refered as a versatile employee Its good to tell reason why you did part-time jobs (not in cv, tell in job Interview frankly..) If you need any help on CV http://www.cvtemplate.net
6. It depends on the type of job you are looking for right now. The CV needs to be adapted accordingly to bring out those criteria that are mentioned in the Job Spec for the vacancy you are applying for. You may be wanting a dream job or one that is in line with your studies but there may be lots of different fields and job titles that could apply to what you studied. Therefore the CV has to be adapted to each application. To give you an example, you may be an HR Generalist with vast experience across the field but the jobs advertised may be for specific areas of HR like ER or recruitment. You will therefore adapt your CV for ER or recruitment etc. accordingly. Also in the recession you may be looking for a job to bridge you over until you get the right job. In this case I would be cautious to put down the trivial jobs that would not be in line with a more bigger position that you are aiming for and, which is in line with your studies and career plan. So whilst you would tone down the CV for the 'smaller' bridgeing over jobs you would also not water down your CV to show that you have taken a lower job ( for want of a better word) in recent times- it would make you appear less important in the eyes of certain misdirected employers to say that you worked at your local McDonalds when you applying for a management position in a corporate company. This hypocritical world we live in. At the same time do not eliminate the smaller jobs you have done altogether because it will then appear unrealistic as you will be seen to have started directly in the middle or higher up in the ladder. You appear to be starting your career so you will have to include some start ups jobs that you have done. However the general rule is don't go back more than 10 years unless there is something very attractive and relevant to the role you are applying for that happened more than 10 years ago that you would want to include. CV prep is important and adaptation to suit the position is important. It need not be difficult and in most instances just means tweaking here and there- but it is worth it to take the time and do it. As you go along save the different CV's you make for the different job titles. You would get a feel of all the type of vacancies and Job Titles that are out there as you go along, and you will be able to build a library of CV's accordingly Good luck