what constitutes experience?

[lechatton]

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hi,
i volunteered at a farm/petting zoo 4 times about 4 hours each.
is 16 hours a lame amount to put on as experience?
i basically did it in the tail end of the summer, and in the fall between working full time, taking org and doing an internship couldn't keep up with it.
thanks!

 

[rexosaurus]

if you truly feel you gained something from this "experience", and can speak about it intelligently in an interview, then yes by all means list it. if you feel that it was a waste of your time and you were too overwhelmed to retain any of the information and would fumble through a conversation about it, then no, don't list it. i listed a one time, 9 hour ride-long with a holisitic equine vet. i don't think it was a waste of time.

 

[lechatton]

i did experience it!

it wasn't ground breaking experience, it was animal experience more than anything else. feeding, getting horse/cow/pig out to their fields, feeding, etc.

i wish i kept up with it because i liked doing it, but i just got too busy.

 

[kate_g]

feeding, getting horse/cow/pig out to their fields, feeding, etc.

If you've got a whole lot of other ("better") LA/FA experience, then it might sound lame. But say in my case, where I had research and small animal but *zero* LA/FA, I definitely would have listed something like that because it proves that I've at least seen and handled some large/food animals and presumably have at least a minimal level of comfort around them. I say, if it makes your application better rounded, list it.