Resumes and Non-Related Positions

[Goldeneye]

How do you deal with non-related jobs to your career in your resume? I listed my resume with them, but just gave position, company and date, with nothing else listed.

Just want to get some sort of consensus here.

[MetFanL]

It depends on how much other experience you have and the type of job you're looking for. Before I had supervisory experience at my current job, I kept jobs on there where I did some supervisory stuff just to show that I was capable/had the experience. Also, when I was trying to branch out into different fields, I kept jobs on there that were similar.

[astronaut83]

I did the same thing too. I also added some volunteer work (even though it didn't relate to the field) because I didn't have much work experience.

[wordsmith]

I make everything relate.

[Goldeneye]

I have so such option, as leaving those jobs out would create a gap.

[wordsmith]

What's the reason for leaving them out?

[Goldeneye]

Basically, they were retail, restaurant and clerical positions that look totally out of place in my IT-based resume, totally unrelated to IT, but I included them (without job duties) to leave very minimal gaps.

[wordsmith]

I'm hopefully moving from one type of field to another unrelated one, but there are definitely attributes/duties that translate to both. So even though the jobs are unrelated, the skills, etc. obtained in one translate well to the next.