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A 3 month gap in employment, especially in these times, is much easier to explain than why you left the job after 3 months. You don't want to be accused of being unstable and/or a job hopper.
What I recommend is maybe volunteering with a local charity on the side, which you can put on your resume/application to explain the 3 month gap. An employer will generally look favorably on that.
Someone suggested I should volunteer to cover the gap in my employment. Is taking time off to study for the MCAT not a good cover for the gap? Unfortunately, between my commuting, working hours and studying I have no time to volunteer anywhere at the moment.
4 months post-grad is not a "gap" in employment. Heck, even a year post-grad wouldn't raise a single eyebrow when you're applying for the types of jobs you're looking for.
I don't see the problem for showing it on the resume. Many short-term contract jobs are that long. The OP is moving to another region so there's the reason, that is moving to another region that squashes any doubt on why s/he is leaving or left the short term assignment. Also, why downplay the work experience? Resumes look better with experience on them than just education on it.
Leave it off. The only reason I have a three-month gig (at McDonald's no less) is because I am young and I want to show my progress. But when I graduate and start applying for "real" jobs, I will only leave the jobs on that are relevant to my field of study (I will have had four years of work experience in my field of study by the time I have my degree and my shortest gig in the field is fifteen months and a day).
I am young as well (well, if 25 is considered young anymore?). Apart from a 6 month break to work full time at a law firm, I have been in school full time from the time I was 18 to until last December. Basically ALL of my jobs I've had while in school are 3-4 month stints, as that's generally what works around a semester-to-semester schedule.
if you are a girl, you could have done many other jobs which would have paid much higher and you could have worked independently...why be a secretary?
LOL seriously - no one uses the word secretary any more. And furthermore, many positions that would have fallen into the "secretary" description are high paying jobs. You'd be surprised, guest4. And I am not even going to touch the "If you are a girl" comment.
OP, best of luck to you! I think your ambitions are great. No need to even mention this job.
LOL seriously - no one uses the word secretary any more.
That's right, it's "administrative assistant" now. Just like garbage worker is now "sanitation engineer."
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