Resume Question

[Danman]

Throughout my high school career, all I did was built computers for customers throughout town. I did this for about 3 years for friends, family and their friends and family. Can I site this in my resume? Or would this be really stupid?

 

[emmpee]

what kind of job are you looking for?

 

[xuanman]

it's not stupid at all. definitely resume-worthy. besides, having it on your resume is better than not having anything else in its place.

 

[eakers]

how long ago was this?

 

[DaveSimmons]

It's "cite" BTW, just to save you from confusing the two in an email to your boss 🙂

It's probably wirth listing in applying for a technical position, just be careful to list it as "part time" so it doesn't look like you're trying to inflate the experience into more than it is.

(ed) if you don't have much or any post-HS work experience. Once you have at least 1-2 years of full-time work experience you should drop it from your resume, unless you're applying for a hardware-oriented position and are light on full-time experience.

 

[Cougar]

Originally posted by: cashman
Throughout my high school career, all I did was built computers for customers throughout town. I did this for about 3 years for friends, family and their friends and family. Can I site this in my resume? Or would this be really stupid?

I did basically the same thing (but through college and not high school) and I stuck it on my resume. I don't know if it helped any but it was a heck of a lot better than having nothing there. However, now that I've got a few contracts under my belt I took that section off. I figure it's always better to list "professional" experience than "personal" experience.

 

[Danman]

Okay, thanks guys I appreciate it! 🙂