Looking for feedback/advice/other's experiences with creating a law school resume, as an older applicant.
From what I've researched, most schools are happy to see "relevant" work experience AND the various jobs/part-time jobs you've had along the way--within reason.
I've worked as a server, nanny, barista, etc....in addition to my more recent professional roles. When listing these jobs, is it important to include each one for "timeline" sake or would it be preferable to list a more general section like "Server, 2018-Present" and briefly outline what that looked like.
Alternatively, should this be left off the resume entirely and simply included under the "work history" portion of each school's application?
Any and all feedback welcome!
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Any/all of those options are totally fine!
1) List everything on your resume. Yes, that may take a lot of space for some applicants who have either been out of college for a long time and/or had a lot of jobs (especially if it was a lot of jobs in the same industry such as "bartending at four different places during that stretch of two years"). But at least it's comprehensive.
2) If you held some jobs for just a brief period of time but they were all in the same "genre" of employment, it's ok to have one entry for them. You used one example: "Server, 2018-Present". In that entry, you could basically say "Worked as a server at six different restaurants during-and-after college. Businesses worked at include x, y, and z." This is particularly well-suited for people who have done gig work.
3) Just let the resume be the greatest hits section and then let the "Work History" portion of the app be the more comprehensive source.
There's also another option that's a variation here:
3b) Let the resume be the greatest hits and then briefly give a smidge more detail on the addenda.
Thank you, Jacob! This is very helpful--I'll play around with each and see how they look :)