Does a short job help resume or make it worse?
I’m a 17 year old guy who’s been working in the food industry for over a year now.
I started at McDonald’s for 2 days, then worked at Chick-fil-A for about 8 months. After that I worked at Starbucks for around 1.5 months, and I’m currently at Panera Bread but planning to leave soon and have only worked here for about 2 weeks.
I’ve gotten a pay increase at every job, going from $15.50 to about $18 an hour now, however I’m tired of working with food and so I’m trying to switch into retail now.
My issue is that some of my jobs were really short and so I’m not sure what to put on my resume.
I know I will definitely put Chick-Fil-A as that’s my longest and best experience. I’m stuck on whether I should include Starbucks or not. It’s my second longest job and I know Starbucks is a great name to have on my resume but I’m not sure how employers will react when they see less than 2 months.
Would including Starbucks actually help my resume (now looking for retail jobs), or would it be better to just leave it off and keep Chick-fil-A since I worked there longest?