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can you leave out employment history when writing a curriculum vitae for graduate school admission?

I am applying to graduate school in psychology and need to write a curriculum vitae. However, my job history is poor (grocery store work, telemarketing) and has nothing to do with the field. Can I leave out job history and only include academic achievements?

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1. You could leave stuff out, but why would you? You have shown a willingness to work hard, even when the work is soul-crushing like telemarketing. This might serve you well in your academic pursuits, and after graduation. If you put that on and look "poor", would you leave it out and appear "rich"? Not that financial aid would actually be impacted, but might they be deciding who is and is not going to get the assistantships even as they are reviewing applications? If you leave off the fact you have been working, do you appear lazy or independently wealthy? I would put on your work history, not necessarily every job if you have moved around a lot, but at least a "I've been supporting myself with a variety of work including grocery stores and telemarketing" to give the committee a better sense of who you are. Telemarketers don't use psychology to get you to do things you don't want to do? The pinnacle of the retail impulse-buy grocery stores don't use psychology? I wish they didn't. Some of your working experiences might give you more insight than you realize as you study the human mind.