Fiverr and curriculum vitae

[ornedanielle]

Hello guys,
So today I have a question about our Fiverr experiences. Can we use them in our curriculum vitae as professional experiences or any experience we are doing online in our country if we are applying for a job related to our skills?
Share your experience with us.
Thank you,

[janeeditor]

You can add anything you like into your CV. The question is more of what value would be placed on it by a prospective employer. Some will see it as good experience, others will see it as CV filler.

I don’t include it, but my CV has over 25 years of commercial and enterprise experience in it. If you don’t have much of anything else, then it doesn’t hurt to add it, but be prepared for it do be not overly valuable when compared to bricks-and-mortar employment history.

This is something that I think will change over time, but I can’t say either way how any specific employer will view it.

[benedictrm]

I’m with @janeeditor here.

Technically it is experience and something you did. However, today I think that if you put I sold three $15 Gigs on Fiverr in your Resume, it would probably be laughed at.

If you put I made $23,475 in 3 months on Fiverr, it would get interest, awe maybe, but it also raises the Q “Why are you here and not making more money on Fiverr than we ever plan to give you?”

So, bottom line, unless you have something pretty solid to show, probably best not to even mention it as many bosses don’t like a) staff who moonlight, b) staff who have been the boss already.

In time this may well change.

🙂

[ornedanielle]

You can add anything you like into your CV. The question is more of what value would be placed on it by a prospective employer. Some will see it as good experience, others will see it as CV filler.

I don’t include it, but my CV has over 25 years of commercial and enterprise experience in it. If you don’t have much of anything else, then it doesn’t hurt to add it, but be prepared for it do be not overly valuable when compared to bricks-and-mortar employment history.

This is something that I think will change over time, but I can’t say either way how any specific employer will view it.

Thank you very much for your answer.

[ornedanielle]

I’m with @janeeditor here.

Technically it is experience and something you did. However, today I think that if you put I sold three $15 Gigs on Fiverr in your Resume, it would probably be laughed at.

If you put I made $23,475 in 3 months on Fiverr, it would get interest, awe maybe, but it also raises the Q “Why are you here and not making more money on Fiverr than we ever plan to give you?”

So, bottom line, unless you have something pretty solid to show, probably best not to even mention it as many bosses don’t like a) staff who moonlight, b) staff who have been the boss already.

In time this may well change.

🙂

Yes, I understand.

But, let’s say that I get a regular job on Fiverr with a specific buyer. Because, sometimes there’s long term project.

So, if this project takes 3 months at least, I think I can put it.

[janeeditor]

Yes, I understand.

But, let’s say that I get a regular job on Fiverr with a specific buyer. Because, sometimes there’s long term project.

So, if this project takes 3 months at least, I think I can put it.

if this project takes 3 months at least, I think I can put it.

Again, you can put whatever you like on your CV, so of course you can include it. A three month project definitely has more credence than twenty tiny jobs. It also depends on the scope of that job. If it was a job that spanned three months but was only a few hours’ work, then that wouldn’t have the impact of a task that had you working more or less full time for the whole period.

If that three month job was effectively fulltime work for those three months, then yes, that quite probably is a good thing to include on the CV 🙂

[ornedanielle]

if this project takes 3 months at least, I think I can put it.

Again, you can put whatever you like on your CV, so of course you can include it. A three month project definitely has more credence than twenty tiny jobs. It also depends on the scope of that job. If it was a job that spanned three months but was only a few hours’ work, then that wouldn’t have the impact of a task that had you working more or less full time for the whole period.

If that three month job was effectively fulltime work for those three months, then yes, that quite probably is a good thing to include on the CV 🙂

Thank you very much @janeeditor , I understand better now. So I can include what I want, but long projects are better than short ones.

I was asking because I’m doing my degree and I was wondering about Fiverr work and internship.

[janeeditor]

Thank you very much @janeeditor , I understand better now. So I can include what I want, but long projects are better than short ones.

I was asking because I’m doing my degree and I was wondering about Fiverr work and internship.

Great! It sounds like a perfect thing to add to your CV 😊

[ornedanielle]

Great! It sounds like a perfect thing to add to your CV 😊