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Should I put it on my resume?
To make a long story short, I've been working at a strip club as a waitress for going on 9 months soon. At first I had also been working a second job as a medical claims associate, but two jobs and college proved to be too difficult and I was making way more at the strip club and able to take time off from there as needed for classes so I left my medical job.
My question is, should I put my waitressing job on my resume to show that I am currently working and that I haven't been unemployed or is it too unprofessional?
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List the job. College resumes are looked at not the type of work you do but your work ethic. The waitressing job is easily explained as a means to an end. This job allowed you the flexibility to obtain your degree. This show your work ethic very clearly.
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If you are going for something like another waitressing job, then the experience is relevant, regardless of where the job was at and shows you have experience. Otherwise it comes to the point of whether you are more likely to be overlooked for a job because you seem to be unemployed, versus people having negative reactions to you working at a strip club. Quite a few people already have negative feelings about strip clubs so it won't matter that you were just a waitress because your choosing to work at such a location may be bad enough and they will dismiss you for the position you are going for.
For any job other than a waitressing job, leave it off. In the interview, if asked directly if you have been unemployed, just answer no. If they ask then where you are working and why it isn't on the resume, calmly answer truthfully. They are picking up clues about you from how you handle yourself and waitressing there is nothing to be embarrassed about so don't act edgy or guilty. If you come across as professional in your behavior and confidence is pouring off of you, that should count more. So as to how to answer, I'd say "The reason I did not put down the place of my current employment is in case anyone might react negatively to the location of my job and not call me in for an interview but I have no problem sharing that information. (This should be important, about not wanting to get shot down before you can interview, and also stating you have no problem telling them. This sends the msseage you are not embarrassed or hiding anything due to shame, and it is what a confident person would say.) Then make sure to say first you've been waitressing, while going to school and got the job at . . . which helped to pay your way in school. Make sure you mention how long you've been there as attendance record and length of time on a job show how trustworthy you are to show up every day.
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