Should I include my 3-month work experience?
Hi all,
This thread could belong in a few forums, but thought it might get the most traction here.
I'm currently in the midst of updating my resume for PE positions in the future (am currently a 2nd year at a MM bank, but am looking to finish up my 3rd year). The reason why I'm staying an additional year is because I was an experienced hire and don't just want to leave after one year at my MM. I previously completed my 1st year at a much smaller firm.
The smaller firm blew up during the crisis and laid off a bunch of folks. After 3-4 months of unemployment, I managed to land a legit finance related gig outside banking (think PWM, Asset Management etc.) Didn't really enjoy myself and ended up making the move to my current job after 3 months or so.
So here are my questions:
1) When updating my resume, should I include my 3-month gig at all? Reasons I can think of including is just due to the fact that I don't want there to be a huge unemployment gap in my resume. Downside to including is that my resume will be quite full (not a good thing actually) after taking into account my current gig, my 1st year gig, and my internship experience at a top tier BB.
2) If including, should I leave it as just a single line item and not elaborate on it?
3) How will firms / recruiters look at my resume? Will they think less of my qualifications since I was laid off and unemployed for a while etc.?
Thanks for your help in advance!
Yes
Somewhere in between. Don't sell yourself short.
A lot of good people got laid off recently. The "story" seems compelling to me -- you spun a bad situation into a much better one (ultimately ending up at a MM bank, which from what you've shared here seems like your best gig to date).
Overall, you've fared a lot better than many have and have been able to turn a potentially ugly situation into a good one. Nothing to be ashamed of here, I wouldn't hesitate to talk about it a bit in your "how did you arrive at this position" conversation when it comes to PE interviews.
I would say it depends:
--If it's relevant and gives you a possible edge or you can make it look decent. --if it covers a gap in employment. This is debatable as we just had a financial crisis and holes in employment cannot directly be attributed to your performance on the job.
Also working somewhere for 3 months and then switching jobs again can work against you in terms of your commitment.
I'd say leave it off probably.
A Personal Example: I had a part-time to full-time gig that was over 5 months that I left, and i don't incude it on my resume, but I can close it up on my resume because i was technically still in school.
Ditto.
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