Medical Sales Recruiter - Tips & Quips

An issue has come up lately about whether you should omit first jobs from your resume.  Sometimes they were just to get your foot in the door and don’t really relate to what you’re doing now, so some people think that you should leave them out…write your resume for the job you’re applying for and omit things that don’t directly contribute toward your goal (see this article by John Holden).  But most people believe you should include it all, and I found a couple of good how-to-write-a-resume articles (one from The Windmill and one from a professional resume writer) that address what to do if you have issues–basically, they say to restructure it so that it highlights relevant information, but doesn’t leave anything out.  I personally want to see all jobs after college and possibly before college if you postponed school.  I do think that earlier jobs do not rank the resume space that later jobs do, but if there’s a section of time missing, I have a negative feeling–wondering what you are hiding.