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> 2. Changing jobs very frequently and no consistent theme in jobs, say 5 jobs in 5 years, one in A.I., one in e-commerce, one in gaming, without specific pursuit of interest.

If my resume contains many short stints, what's the best way to paint this in a positive light? I've already removed the months of my job history so that only years are on there, which makes some of my positions appear longer.

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I think you probably want to have a short blurb / cover letter paragraph in the beginning of the resume, and explain why you were doing the stints.

Make sure you are only including positions that help you. Common mistake I see is including tiny 2-3 month long positions, without considering whether including them is additive or not. It's often not.

What should you do about the time in between then?

Personally I'd consider undescribed gaps of 3 months in between the interesting projects unusual.

In fact I'd rather see "waiting tables" rather than nothing.

  I'd rather see "waiting tables" rather than nothing

But why? Maybe the person used that time to study technologies, to update her skill set. Maybe she used that time to relax and get a long deserved vacation. (Or a myriad other possibilities.) What is wrong with that?

If somebody set aside 3 months to study something they should write that. Otherwise it loos like they've been unemployed, in jail or something they rather don't want to talk about.

Also I read it as multiple 3 months gaps. I might have misread though.

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