Is it okay to leave out job experience on a resume?

I have worked at some jobs for recently one month and decided the job was not for me. My resume shows my experience in the construction industry. How can I make my resume sound like that I am not a job hopper? Do I have to list every job or only ones that pertain to what I am applying for? Will these omitted jobs show up on a background check? Please give me a hand with these questions if you could.|||It depends on how long the gap is. If it%26#039;s very long the potential employer is going to ask you what you were doing during that time. If you do decide to put the jobs on your resume just tell them that you decided that the job was not for you and that you left rather then waste the time of the employer. How else are you going to know a job isn%26#039;t for you. They should understand that and see that you are looking to find a position that you are suited for, a place you see yourself staying for a long time. However if the job length was very short I%26#039;d just skip it. If they ask you could tell them about the jobs or just say you%26#039;ve been concentrating on finding the right position.





Good Luck|||If you leave any gaps in your resume they will only ask you about it anyway.|||Just list any relevant experience, but DON%26#039;T list any jobs where you workeed there for like a month... why would they hire you when they think you too will just leave in a month... Good luck!|||Organize your resume so that your education/background is listed first and your experience is listed later. If you leave out a few jobs, there will be a gap in the timeline, which may be questioned, %26quot;What did you do during those months?%26quot; You could mention that you were interviewing/investigating a few employers (by working there, but no one has to know) but have yet to find a good match. You could also play up any skills that you worked on while you were job-hopping, and just mention that as another reason why you weren%26#039;t working .... you were %26quot;honing your skills%26quot;. Definitely play up the jobs that are more relevant to your career choice.





Background checks may or may not have recent information (within the past two or three months). Even if they did, you can say that it wasn%26#039;t relevant/related to what you are looking to do now.





Best of luck.|||It%26#039;s really dependant on a lot of factors....for example:





If you have listed all the jobs you%26#039;ve done then they get an idea of the scope of your skills %26amp; also how flexible you can be in terms of work which some companies find attractive in a candidate





On the other hand, some companies may, as you said, find your job changes a bit too frequent and may consider you a hopper and a high risk as retention may not be gauranteed.





Also, if you leave off jobs that you%26#039;ve worked at, the company may be curious as to the gaps in your resume - %26quot;what were you doing for the months between job 1 %26amp; job 2?%26quot; and they may find it suspicious if you don%26#039;t give them a straight answer or even if you do give them a straight answer they may think it suspicious that you didn%26#039;t include it in your resume.





Overall - I think it%26#039;s best to note the different jobs I%26#039;ve had on my resume and would suggest researching the company and reading %26quot;between the lines%26quot; in their posted ads for companies looking for diversity %26amp; flexibility in their workforce - such companies would most likely prefer people with diversified work experience and if you explain in your opening statement for your resume what your goal is and what expectations you have in terms of career - they may understand why you didn%26#039;t stay with the last job as it%26#039;s not your preferred career...Hope this helps!