Resume Questions

Christina Walton

I have a few questions about writing my resume. First, should I include retail jobs on my resume if that's all the work experience I had in college? Also I'm not sure if an addendum would be necessary for this but I just want to make sure. At one point I was working two jobs but quit one of them for medical reasons. Should I explain this or does it not really matter? Also on my resume it will show that I worked at a coffee shop until March 2020 and then didn't work until September. I'm assuming they'll know this will be from COVID, but again should I explain this? Thanks

Oni LSAT

DeanZ from University of Michigan Law stated, in her YouTube video, that retail jobs on applicants' resumes impressed her very much. I think some adcoms know that retail jobs are very work intensive; it's also impressive that you worked during an academic year.

As for the addendum, I don't think you should waste adcom time if you didn't get fired or disciplined for misconduct.

xtinextine

IMO there's nothing wrong with including retail work! I do know that on the actual application, there's a section for employment where you enter your past and current jobs with a short blurb. I'm not sure on the addendum, though. Maybe someone else can chime in.