Saw this in LinkedIn... Shouldn't current employment (even if comical) be put ahead of prior employment?

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I got a resume once where a woman listed running a daycare center for about 3 years as a prior job, which was fine until I read the sub-bullets and it became clear she was trying to dress up staying at home and taking care of her own kids.

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Sounds like it was a great “learning opportunity”.

I remember a resume which had a job title “In home full time mother”.

I saw a resume where two referrals were listed: his mother and father.

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