The curriculum has to show the most relevant of your job profile. Putting a lot of experiences does not assure you the position, it is important to know what to include and what not. The relevance of an experience on the resume varies depending on your academic and professional status. If you are a student, “you can refer work periods on vacation or specific projects that have lasted between eight days and six months, this begins to build a work history. Clearly, it is very valid to specify the time in which the work practice was carried out, since it is the letter of entry into the world of work, “says Daniel Parra, Permanent Placement Manager of Adecco Colombia.
If you are a professional, it is important to take into account your years as a graduate. For recruiters, this aspect serves as a reference to consider a representative work experience.
“A recently graduated professional must have at least six months of his work practice. For those who have graduated in the last five years, the job market expects them to have between a year and a half or two of experience. A senior professional with more than 10 years of graduation, must have at least five years of experience in positions similar to the vacancy to which he is applying, either as a leader or boss, “says Parra. The candidates who must accumulate more experience are those who aspire to high-level corporate positions. These positions require “people who have between 10 and 15 years of work experience and have played, during their last five years, roles similar to those of the position to which they are applying,” concludes Parra.
What if it’s someone with several years of work experience and only lasts two months in a new job? “I wouldn’t put that experience – says Santaella – because that would not define him as a professional. There are many things at stake, which also depend on what the candidate wants to convey. Here the interviewer’s vision is important to understand the situation.”
Listen to the interview he Permanent Placement Manager of Adecco Colombia, about the time of work experience of the curriculum:
The candidates who must accumulate more experience are those who aspire to high-level corporate positions. These positions require “people who have between 10 and 15 years of work experience and have played, during their last five years, roles similar to those of the position to which they are applying,” concludes Parra.
What to do if you have no experience?
It is key that you make a file with university papers or academic research, which you consider relevant. Recruiters’ recruiters can take into account this type of work and in them they can discover your work interests.
Omits very short experiences from your resume
If you are a professional with several years of experience, do not include work periods of two or three months. “If you didn’t adapt to the expectations of that job or had to retire for another reason, it’s best to exclude these references if they didn’t result in a meaningful experience that impacted your professional development. These quick entries and exits are questioned a lot in the labor market and can mean instability, in itself, a bad letter of introduction, “says Daniel Parra, Permanent Placement Manager of Adecco Colombia.