Listing a job on your CV if you haven't worked any shifts?

AMC110
AMC110 Posts: 188 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
Bit of an odd place to post this but I need advice on whether to include a job on my resumé if I haven't actually worked any shifts. I've been employed on a zero hours contract for a few months now but haven't had any work from it.

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  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    That's a tough one. Maybe include it in your summary but not your experience since you have no experience in that job.
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  • Arizona_C
    Arizona_C Posts: 1,476 Member
    Oh my. I have always had more jobs on my CV that I have worked. If I hadn't made up experiences beforehand I wouldn't have landed half of the lobs I have actually held. And gotten the real job experiences that make me stay positive and self confident to look for another job when I feel like changing.

    I so hope my boss isn't reading this
  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    Arizona_C wrote: »
    Oh my. I have always had more jobs on my CV that I have worked. If I hadn't made up experiences beforehand I wouldn't have landed half of the lobs I have actually held. And gotten the real job experiences that make me stay positive and self confident to look for another job when I feel like changing.

    I so hope my boss isn't reading this

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  • huntersvonnegut
    huntersvonnegut Posts: 1,177 Member
    Are you in the UK?
  • AMC110
    AMC110 Posts: 188 Member
    huntersvonnegut wrote: »
    Are you in the UK?

    Yeah I am
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    edited April 2018
    Arizona_C wrote: »
    Oh my. I have always had more jobs on my CV that I have worked. If I hadn't made up experiences beforehand I wouldn't have landed half of the lobs I have actually held. And gotten the real job experiences that make me stay positive and self confident to look for another job when I feel like changing.

    I so hope my boss isn't reading this

    I think you’d really enjoy the ends justifying the means thread.

    eta:

    OP: Don’t lie on your resume. I agree with post quoted below that you can include it, but be honest about the circumstances.
    km8907 wrote: »
    That's a tough one. Maybe include it in your summary but not your experience since you have no experience in that job.

    This is a good idea — and/or maybe note something that clarifies employment status where it’s listed under experience.
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