Help! Working experience for CV!?
I am an overseas student studying in a university in the UK. I’m not very familiar of what kind of working experience that you should include in your CV. I’m planning to apply for an internship in the UK next summer. I’m probably applying for a finance-related ones, such as capital markets. This summer, I worked for my parents who are doing some private forex trading activities as a personal assistant as I couldn’t really get a job out there in my country. I learnt quite a lot of stuff and I’m thinking of whether to include this as a working experience in my CV. A friend of mine said that I shouldn’t, since I wasn’t working for other parties. Do you think I should include this as I didn’t have any other working experience?
The other problem I’m worried about is since I was working privately for my parents and that’s their own trading instead of companies, I might not be able to provide a reference.
Thanks for answering…
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Yes, include it. You need to be specific about what skills you gained and give examples of each, eg communication, problem-solving, numerical. You can do this in a short paragraph or a bulleted list.
Do include it because it’s a great example of you being in the real working world. You can say you were able to work under pressure (you worked for your parents so were able to bite your tongue and get on with it!!), showed great flair for organising your time and prioritising tasks, had to communicate with different people and therefore have proven interpersonal skills…. That’s just for starters!
Think positively about yourself and what you have already achieved, appreciating the skills you can bring to an internship. You do not necessarily need to state that you worked for your parents but do not hide it either, it’s something to be open and proud of. It’s more important that you saw it as an invaluable experience – attitude is just as important.
Good luck.
WHat ever you do dont lie on your CV.
Be Straight foward.
Hi,
As per my knowledge……u should not include this as a reference in ur CV.as b’coz…..this is ur self-learning……u are not parting with any clients….
But anyways..knowledge gained is never wasted….u will surely have better opportunites in ur future..Best of luck**