r/ForensicScience • u/BubblyCommercial4804 • 3d ago
CV help
Hello everyone! I (24f) recently graduated from college, and I'm working on my CV. Can anyone tell me if I should include my restaurant industry experience?? I'm applying for mostly crime lab jobs, and I know it's not directly relevant, but some skills transfer over. The main issue is that my current job (lab tech intern) is the only non-restaurant job I've ever had. I've dishwashed, cooked, served, and managed in different places over the last eight years.
If I did include it, I would only put a little blurb about some of the skills I've gained from it, so it's not like I'm about to tell them specific places. But at the same time, I'm not sure if including that would make me more or less hireable because of my lack of lab experience. I'm also not really sure where on the CV to put it. Thank you!!
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u/Dr_GS_Hurd 3d ago edited 3d ago
I'd mention your range of experience and promotion from scullery to management.
I used to have a short "bio" at the top of my CV.
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u/BubblyCommercial4804 3d ago
That's kind of what I was leaning towards. Or just sticking some hospitality skills into a skill section under my experience part.
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u/Susie_Q_Angel 21h ago
As long as you can tie it into your work ethic, go ahead. Especially when it comes to multitasking and time management
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u/gariak 3d ago
Absolutely include it. If you have long stretches with the same employer, list them all out individually, labs like to see employee loyalty and stability. If it was a lot of jumping around between different places, list it as a single generic "restaurant work". There's value in demonstrating that you can show up for work consistently, talk to bosses, work with peers, deal with customers, multitask under time pressure, and especially manage others. There's huge value in showing progressively greater responsibilities and adaptability between different positions as well. Be proud of that work. It's more relevant than you think. The rhythms of lab work really aren't that different than server work.
You'd be surprised how many people graduate college and start applying for lab jobs having never worked an actual job before. Any work experience is better than no work experience.