I graduated in december 2019 with a BSBA in finance, without a job offer in hand. I was moving through the interview rounds when covid hit and everybody paused hiring. As a result, my resume has a gap from december to now, but the thing is, I actually started working as a full-time delivery van driver (think ups/fedex/amazon/dhl/etc).
Do you think it is better to just leave the gap on my resume or add the menial job?
EDIT:
Just to clarify, right now my resume looks something like: JOBS: 2019 internship: BB middle office financial analyst 2018 internship: f500 fp&a analyst 2016-17 job: accounts payable/compliance 2014-15 job: shift supervisor at food distro warehouse
So I would basically get rid of the 14-15 job and add 2020 - van driver
don’t put this on your resume. no no way. I assume you’re still “actively” recruiting for your career role. leave this off
LOL Similar thing happened to me. To be honest we are kind in that weird gray area where no one will judge you harshly either way. I kind of agree with the above comment mostly because this won't add anything to your resume and you really shouldn't take off relevant internship experience for it. On the other hand, you might want to revisit it if you still don't have something a few months from now.
Well I've been trying to find a gig for like 8 months now and who knows maybe the resume gap is the problem.
Right now I basically have 4 jobs/internships on my resume:
2019 internship: BB middle office financial analyst 2018 internship: F500 FP&A analyst 2016-2017 job: Accounts payable/compliance 2014-2015 job: shift supervisor at a food distribution warehouse
So I would just get rid of the 14-15 job and add in the current van driver position instead.
I'm about to tell you right now, that there's not really that much of a difference between you job as a shift supervisor and your job as a van driver bar that the former might give you leadership experience. That being said, van driver goes at the top of your resume so I might still leave it off. Like I said man, I'm in the same boat. But look hiring is slowed down at a lot of places. There's a decent chance that next year the places you were interviewing at will call you back (at least that's what I'm hoping). And everyone understands what's going on. I can't give you too much advice because I honestly don't know what's going to happen but I am going to try to leverage my network and end up at a good boutique by September and then make a lateral a year or two later.
I don't know how many people would have actual experience with this. There have been threads in the past where people said blue collar work experience could be valuable, but that was in the context of internships. Have you considered putting it in a lower section on your resume, along the lines of having a section called "Finance Work Experience" and another section called "Other Experience" so as not to add confusion to your "finance story"?
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