How to explain grandson's checkered career history?

I have been honest about gaps in employment history including being a family carer (which often puts employers off)

Is there any reason he cannot say he was ill?

Think you need to be as honest as you can because if they found out later they may not look on you favourably.

Three jobs is hardly a 'chequered' career. This sounds to me like the behaviour of someone who does not really know what they want to do or why.

Spend sometime thinking about what you really want to do, perhaps have a session or two with a career advisor, who can help you find your metier.

You currently sound like someone following a script written for you by family expectations or your own with out any consideration of your abilities and interests. You need to find these out.

Is this supposed to be a resumé of a person's work experience?

If so, it won't cut any ice.

It should contain details of the applicant's education and work experience.

An application should be focusing on what the firm offering a job is looking for, and whether the applicant can provide this.

The text as it stands suggests that the applicant has no idea what he wants to do, what his abilities are, or what the employer reasonably could expect him to be able to do.

Work all those things out and state them in your next application!

It's really poorly written, too.

Is this supposed to be a cv?

It needs to be précised and more professionally written., more to the point.

As it stands it tells a prospective employer nothing except a list of excuses.

the OP is garbled and incomprehensible.
if this is how a job applicant writes, i'm not surprised at his lack of success.
and of course employers would be taken aback by someone choosing to leave a position, rather than being laid off, without having another post to go to.
it looks and sounds disorganised, self-sabotaging, or just lacking common sense.

It’s a poor cut and paste - which has missed words and formatting and rearranged some sentences - of a post by the person concerned that is on Mumsnet. It’s perfectly comprehensible over there (and not incompressible here, frankly) and the poster concerned is getting sensible feedback there.

It's common to see this sort of career history when you're short-listing. I think my advice, know what you want to do (as Monica says), but be realistic because if the position you're applying for has hundreds of applicants & is in a sought-after location the dis-jointeded CV won't get you an interview. Once you get an interview be informed & honest about training you'd appreciate to enable you to perform well in the role you're going for, & be positive about the transferrable skills & resilience you've learnt in the roles you've had, & emphasize your interest in the job & the company & you should soon get something else that will match your potential.Don't rule out SMEs.

don't rule out...

Is OP talking about her career or her grandson’s ? Surely, that’s not a CV !

Not really understanding what’s wanted here !
If the poster is getting sensible feedback on mumsnet why put it on here then Sciope
Don’t know what SMEs are ?
He will not be disclosing the illness cos he was
Afraid I don’t understand this sentence he was what ?

Not sure learning Power BI is worth it. Isn't that a defunct language now?
I might be wrong. If I'm right I wouldn't mention it as it may imply you are out of date already.

Python will probably be more useful.
Do you want to write code? There may be opportunities there.

I think you need to tailor what you are writing to the job you're applying for. Having a generic applicationis unlikely to be successful.

This doesn’t make any sense.
Could the OP please clarify what he/she is asking?

The job market is extremely fluid these days, people drop in and out of jobs all the time.

I know nothing about your grandson's career but if it were my grandson I would leave him to find the advice and help he needs elsewhere. I certainly wouldn't post anything about him on social media.

Applegate

Your problem is that there are a great many other graduates chasing the jobs you want, you have had illness, you have changed direction, the impression I’m getting is you are an average candidate in an employers market.

A good friend of mine has been made redundant at 40 there is little chance of a new posting in that industry so he is retraining in Business Administration. He’s a practical hands on type, in my opinion he should train as an electrician, plumber, or other technician and be self employed the prospects are much better than as an employee.

If I were an Employer looking to recruit, that 'CV' would go straight in the bin.

Some people obviously understand what’s being said here, but I can’t make head or tail of it.

OP you can get help writing a professional CV on line

What the hell is this about????? Don’t waste my time!

Have I only got part of the post on my screen? It begins :-
"that engineering thing was supposed to be"
Not even a capital (upper case) letter to start with ..... then continues "regarding" this and "regarding" that .... regarding WHAT? We haven't got a complete post her

Can you repeat the question please?

Seems to be written a bit like the Ugg boot issue for long standing posters doesn't it 🤣🤣🤣

Again, for those who don’t bother to RTFT, this is a poor copy and paste of a perfectly coherent post written, presumably by the OP’s grandson, on Mumsnet.

He is getting helpful responses there (and obviously there are some here too).