Include Ski Bum gap year in Resume?
Monkeys,
So I've been in the work force for over a year now and am starting to explore some other roles. After graduation I took a gap year and was ski instructor for the winter before traveling to Europe. When I got finished screwing around I started to look at real jobs and I applied with my experience as an instructor on my resume to make up for the time gap.
My previous internship experience included an ER role at a boutique in NYC and a business role at a Dow 30. I am in a consulting/advisory role now without being too specific.
So my question is do I continue to leave my experience as an instructor on my resume? Will a gap during that time frame ding me from a resume reviewers eyes? Does this not matter because I already have a "real" job now?
Thanks!
People are going to be asking what you did so you might as well put it there. I think the issue you will face is that many bankers may take from your experience that you are not 100% dedicated.
I also took a gap year (pre-college though which is how it should be done ;) where I did a lot of travel, spent the winter snowboarding and surfed a lot. I got hired as a SA so didn't have much to talk about in my interviewss so spoke about this with most and there was a clear divide in how people perceived the experience. Most (I'd say around 60%, not very scientific) were clearly horrified that I sacrificed a year of earnings while the rest found it really awesome and wanted to learn more. Obviously, that helped me place in a bank / group of like-minded people where I got the best analyst experience I could get (which IBD being IBD, is still shitty, but could have been so much worse).
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Really not that much as it was all from my previous summer job, a few thousands at most. I took advantage of a working holiday Visa to earn some money along the way (which most people taking a gap year do). Anyway, when you're 18-19, a few dollars can go a LONG way in SE Asia ;)
I don't have mine on my CV but mention it / get asked about it in every interview. Normally pretty positive reactions
On a personal level, that's awesome. Another follow-up question would be how far back should your resume go? If I have a lot of jobs, I always figured five years was enough, but if I spent the last five years at one position, then maybe my last 3 positions.
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