Mxsmanic wrote:
Nomen Nescio writes:

I couldn't count the number of times my resume moved toward the top
of the pile for ONE reason.
Age 14- picked Tobacco all summer for $1.25/hr.

You were told that your resume was moved to the top, and why? That's
extremely unusual.

You're ignoring a skill that a minimum wage job may not develop, but
it certainly verifies.............The ability to actually do WORK.

For every former fast-food employee who does well, there are a
thousand who do poorly.


I hire people and help other companies hire people for a living. I do it
every single day 5 or 6 days a week.

Let's say I have two applicants, both recent graduates that are pretty much
equal in all respects except one has worked since they could at virtually
any job and the other didn't. I and EVERY HR person I know is going to hire
the one with the work history.

You show me someone that worked since they were 15 or 16 and then went on to
make B's in a state school and I will hire them over a guy that made A's at
a major who never worked a day in their life.