experience behind? The reason I say this is because I'm heading into a new career field of business management/human resources management. I took a lot of low end minimum wage fast food jobs many years in my life and recently working at one. Fast food paying $7.25 an hour currently. I almost have my degree and when I have to put down for work experience in my resumes. I have nothing but minimum wage experience in fast food. No one is going to take that seriously, but it's all I worked at in order to pay bills. Now that I have my degree and need to type my resume work experience. Should I just leave it blank? Explain to them these were the only types of jobs I was working at or what? Nothing even related to my career field because I'm leaving the fast food business behind period. Advice?

I've had a similar problem, I just list it as general retail experience for however many years (just combine the years if it is from several different workplaces) and list communication and customer service skills I gained during that time. People will understand that you had an after school job, and they'll probably prefer someone who has worked anywhere in the past over someone who has never had a job before at all.

Put on the past 3 or 4 positions you've had, then try to highlight how your work experience compliments your business education. Employers understand that everyone starts somewhere. Try adding an objective to your resume that states something along the lines of: "To use my degree and use my past experience in a new career." In your cover letter you can expand further, and in your interview even further than that.