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Omitting first job out of college
So I'm at Company A and I'm planning on leaving for Company B for a variety of reasons. I will only be at Company A for 7 months.
After a 5-10 more years of experience I am planning on omitting Company A entirely. So if an employer / investor were to ask about my background, I would say I graduated from School X and then worked at Companies B, C, ...
Is this a permissible thing to do? What do you think about this strategy?
- uptown 7y agoYou haven't explained why.
- duxup 7y agoI would be concerned that there may be some online resume, job sites with old resumes, and etc out there floating around that if a prospective employer found... they'd have questions. "Hiding" things often looks worse to some folks. I think leaving it on your resume and simply having an prepared answer as to why Company A "wasn't a good fit at the time" is a far better choice / can actually show a lot of thoughtfulness / growth.
- HN_Arbor 7y agoI'm not concerned about this sort of online discovery. I have a low profile online and I have never posted a resume publicly. My current position at Company A isn't even on my Linkedin. The major reason I'd be "hiding" it is since it is a short term position.
- duxup 7y agoI guess nobody will find it then... probabbly. Personally I wouldn't leave A off the resume. I would rather just be open about my employment history rather than worry about a sort of facade. I do wonder why you want to leave them off? Having a short stint at one company isn't an inherently bad thing on a resume.
- sarcasmatwork 7y agoWhat happens when someone asks what you did for ~7 months while at company A? Why try and hide it? Seems suspicious....
- HN_Arbor 7y agoI only needed to explain this to Company B. That isn't an issue. There's little to suggest that anyone after Company B would even know I was at Company A. Besides, a good reason to hide it is it's a short term position.
- PaulHoule 7y agoI have been told by career councilors that you don't need to talk about jobs that are 5-10 years in the past. For instance I am not going to say that I worked at Burger King, Supervalu Supermarkets, as a mesosphere researcher, assistant teaching summer camp, the soup kitchen, etc.