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[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

In my opinion, having any of these on your resume would be useless at best, and detrimental on average, assuming you're applying for a job you actually desire and that there's at least one competent hiring manager involved in the process.

That advice comes with the usual caveats and nuances. Keeping it short (by my standards), there are obviously exceptions and circumstances where this doesn't necessarily apply.

Unless you've got a VERY good reason for it, having a job that you left 10+ years ago on your resume is usually not a good look. That's especially true if it's with businesses that have crashed and burned.

For numerous, numerous reasons, it's a caution flag at best for most positions. It can come across as you playing the "you can't prove I didn't work there" card, that you don't actually have a lot going on career-wise so you're padding your resume with old stuff that doesn't actually show your current skill set / work ethic, or that you've stalled career-wise such that a high-level job from a decade ago is essentially where you peaked, and so on.

The thing is, it may be true that none of that applies to you, that you're actually a great worker, have up to date skills, etc but when employers are getting hundreds or thousands of resumes per open position, they get really selective and persnickety about who deserves more attention and who goes back into the digital abyss.

AND ALSO: RadioShack management would almost certainly be detrimental on a resume, based on personal experience. Even in the good times, they had largely a terrible reputation. Personally, I think I only ever had one good experience with a RadioShack manager and that was 40+ years ago. While store managers and regional managers are not the same thing, the store managers are reflective of the corporate culture that regional managers are responsible for. So, a regional manager would have even more blame for the poor corporate environment.

[–] Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Wait...sorry having a job that's older than ten years old is a red flag? How do you think folks who have to prove 10+ years experience do it?

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 hours ago

Don't you think "have to prove 10+ years experience" would qualify as a very good reason? I mean, I was pretty specific with that wording and even mentioned this...

That advice comes with the usual caveats and nuances. Keeping it short (by my standards), there are obviously exceptions and circumstances where this doesn’t necessarily apply.

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Well, assistant regional manager

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

Assistant to the regional manager.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 70 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

I get it, but a background check can prove you weren't.

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 66 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Agreed. A friend had a background check done for government work, and in their case if they lied it was a felony charge.

Can you imagine that? "What are you in for?" "I... I lied about working for Sears."

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 15 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I'll be honest they won't bother to prosecute that. I know of a few people that lied on their resume for the feds. They just got banned from applying to government jobs for 10 years.

Of course they can always decide to prosecute, but they're not going to bother unless your lie makes you actually get in and you use your position to defraud the government in some other way.

Or they have some other reason they don't like you. Under Trump this could be your social media posts these days

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Sears still exists

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 22 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

They're unlikely to check your references even if they weren't defunct. Ain't nobody got time for that shit. Lie your ass off on your resume/application.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Everyone knows you only check references after there is a problem.

[–] toynbee@piefed.social 5 points 13 hours ago

I graduated from (a two year) college at age fifteen. Lots of HR people have doubted that. Only one has ever bothered to verify it ... And that was at a sales job, not somewhere my degree would have mattered.

[–] Findus_Falke@feddit.org 17 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Unless you were obviously 5 years old when they closed.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Youngest manager in history.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 15 hours ago

Boss baby was a documentary

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 19 hours ago

I love a go-getter, take charge attitude from someone with the proper grindset. It's never too early to build experience!

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 8 points 21 hours ago

Wouldn't it be wild to interview with the person who was actually the manager at the time.