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Hello everyone!! I'm applying for crime lab jobs, and I can't decide if putting anything about my previous restaurant experience will make people want to hire me more or less. For context, I've cooked, served, and managed at a couple of different places over the last 8 years. I've been working as a lab tech intern for the last 2 1/2 years. I think that some of the skills do transfer over, and if I did include any info, it would just be the specific skills that I think are the most notable. However, does that make me look more amateurish and easy to just look over? Or would that make anyone want to hire me more? Thank you!!

Hello everyone! I (24f) recently graduated from college, and I'm working on my CV. Can anyone tell me if I should include my restaurant industry experience?? I'm applying for mostly crime lab jobs, and I know it's not directly relevant, but some skills transfer over. The main issue is that my current job (lab tech intern) is the only non-restaurant job I've ever had. I've dishwashed, cooked, served, and managed in different places over the last eight years.

If I did include it, I would only put a little blurb about some of the skills I've gained from it, so it's not like I'm about to tell them specific places. But at the same time, I'm not sure if including that would make me more or less hireable because of my lack of lab experience. I'm also not really sure where on the CV to put it. Thank you!!