Caring for a family member would have no relevance to just as many, if not more, positions than it holds relevance to.
Like any tech related position beyond (at quite a stretch) helpdesk, not relevant.
There’s something to be said for character reference in your resume, but most places are more concerned about more tangible skills.
Like another commenter suggested, maybe under an “other experience” section, but not in the same area as relevant work experience unless you’re trying to pad things.
Being a caregiver is relevant work experience if the job you’re applying to is for caregiving, or at least something semi-related like the medical field.
But if you’re applying for programming or sales positions it’s entirely irrelevant.
I wouldn’t list it because it’s in a section that is titled “Work Experience” not my life journal. I even personally call mine “Relevant Experience” and note to please reach out if you’d like to see more, out of respect for their time. My full experience would take up like five pages of resume with everything else. Besides, to me the point of the resume is to get to that phone call, and after that I figure I can talk to anything they’d like to know.
Man I wish I lived in a place that had benefits like that.
plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
You get benefits for that, and why would you not list that on the resume ahead of time to explain the gap?
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Because resumes are for listing relevant work experience not a timeline of your life events.
plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Being a caregiver is relevant work experience, quite sad that some people think caring for others isn’t relevant for a large portion of work…
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Caring for a family member would have no relevance to just as many, if not more, positions than it holds relevance to.
Like any tech related position beyond (at quite a stretch) helpdesk, not relevant.
There’s something to be said for character reference in your resume, but most places are more concerned about more tangible skills.
Like another commenter suggested, maybe under an “other experience” section, but not in the same area as relevant work experience unless you’re trying to pad things.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Being a caregiver is relevant work experience if the job you’re applying to is for caregiving, or at least something semi-related like the medical field.
But if you’re applying for programming or sales positions it’s entirely irrelevant.
Ajen@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
You aren’t thinking like a hiring manager.
henfredemars@infosec.pub 3 days ago
I wouldn’t list it because it’s in a section that is titled “Work Experience” not my life journal. I even personally call mine “Relevant Experience” and note to please reach out if you’d like to see more, out of respect for their time. My full experience would take up like five pages of resume with everything else. Besides, to me the point of the resume is to get to that phone call, and after that I figure I can talk to anything they’d like to know.
Man I wish I lived in a place that had benefits like that.
plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Being a caregiver is its own work experience, you should list it.
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Sure but being a caregiver doesn’t help explain why you’d be good for a software engineering role, or whatever.