Including a job on CV if shop has been taken over?

minerva_windsong

Hi

So, long story short: About five years ago I worked on the checkouts in a supermarket. Whilst I was there the supermarket changed from a Safeway to a Somerfield, and was still a Somerfield when I left the job to go to uni on the other side of the country.

However, as of a week or so ago the supermarket became a Sainsburys. Having seen a receipt from the Sainsburys I'm also pretty sure that neither the HR manager nor the store manager who were there when I worked there are still there, so in theory there is no one at the shop who would remember me from when I worked there.

Therefore, is it worth including it on my CV/job application forms if the shop has been taken over by another company (and therefore no longer exists)? I have had other jobs since then, only one of which was paid, so as I'm not using it for references I'm in two minds whether or not to leave it on there.

An urgent answer would be appreciated on this one as I'm currently mid-application form and it has to go by 5 o'clock. (Cutting it fine, much?)

Thanks in advance!

bap98189

Depends what you have done since. If you think that this job is going to be important to a future employer then put it on the CV. If on the other hand you have had loads of other jobs since, which are either more important or more recent, then leave it off.

There is no point putting down Sainsbury. Whilst they may occupy the building, they are a different company and have nothing to do with Safeway/Somerfield.

If you are going to put it on, just put the name of the shop at the time you worked there. If you are not using the company for references, it is very unlikely that any employer is going to check up details of a checkout job you had 5 years ago.

robnye

you should leave it on.... other wise questions might be asked on a break in employment.....
seeing as you arent using them for references, it coul djust show the varied experience you have

456789

yes definately include it

minerva_windsong

bap98189 wrote: »

Depends what you have done since. If you think that this job is going to be important to a future employer then put it on the CV. If on the other hand you have had loads of other jobs since, which are either more important or more recent, then leave it off.

Jobs I've had since:

- Work experience in an NHS communications office (current job)
- Intern for a prospective Parliamentary candidate
- Barmaid in a hotel

The bar job is the only other paid one, and there is also quite a big gap between that starting and the checkout job finishing, partly relating to uni stuff and partly because I live in middle of nowheresville where those sorts of jobs go quick. I'm not currently applying for anything in retail (although of course that could change) and most of the skills I gained in the checkout job are covered in the bar job.