Some of my other threads delve a little deeper into my past, but this one is mostly concerned with the work history aspect of my application.
I've had steady work experience since I was 17, I'm 23 now. I've only had three different jobs, and the shortest time was 19 months at my last job, which I left on good terms. Those jobs were, in order from first job held to last job
-Manager at Blockbuster Video
-Security Guard for a private school and later a city facility
-Loomis (armored car company)
I've been going to school full time during this, so my work hours vary from 20-30 hours a week.
Recently I got a chance to do some international travelling in Europe and South America, so I took a break from school and work in order to do this. I'll be going back to college in January of 2009 to wrap up my degree.
While I was told by Loomis that I could come back to work for them anytime, I'm not really sure I want to. While I know it looks good on an application, I'd almost rather get a less involving job so I could focus on school, and take more classes instead of getting more hours at work. So I'm considering a part time job upon my return to school, maybe either in retail, or something else where I can focus more on school and less on work.
My concerns are as follows. Will the 5 month break I'm taking now hurt me? Secondly, does going from several security related jobs to a retail positon (or something similar) hurt me?
I would think any department would not mind so much, as long as I was pursuing a degree at the same time.
What are you thought's and opinions? I apologize for the long read!
I've had steady work experience since I was 17, I'm 23 now. I've only had three different jobs, and the shortest time was 19 months at my last job, which I left on good terms. Those jobs were, in order from first job held to last job
-Manager at Blockbuster Video
-Security Guard for a private school and later a city facility
-Loomis (armored car company)
I've been going to school full time during this, so my work hours vary from 20-30 hours a week.
Recently I got a chance to do some international travelling in Europe and South America, so I took a break from school and work in order to do this. I'll be going back to college in January of 2009 to wrap up my degree.
While I was told by Loomis that I could come back to work for them anytime, I'm not really sure I want to. While I know it looks good on an application, I'd almost rather get a less involving job so I could focus on school, and take more classes instead of getting more hours at work. So I'm considering a part time job upon my return to school, maybe either in retail, or something else where I can focus more on school and less on work.
My concerns are as follows. Will the 5 month break I'm taking now hurt me? Secondly, does going from several security related jobs to a retail positon (or something similar) hurt me?
I would think any department would not mind so much, as long as I was pursuing a degree at the same time.
What are you thought's and opinions? I apologize for the long read!
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