OK I graduated college in December 2005. I'm currently trying to find a regular job in my field, which is mathematics/finance. My resume sucks. I mean, it's professional looking and written well with good grammar and all, but the content lacks any job experience with any real substance at all. I wasn't able to find a field-relevant job or even a goddam internship. That's the whole reason I turned to dancing. I've been dancing for a little over a year now, and still am.
Here's my question: How do I explain to employers what I've been doing from December to now? Other threads on this site basically said that it's best to leave a dancing job off one's resume altogether. I understand, since some employers might badly judge dancers, but if I do this, I have this huge employment gap from November 2004 to April 2006. Because I didn't graduate college until December 2005, I guess I could bullshit and say that the reason I didn't work was because I was busy with school(that's not true; I took off a year from college from September 2004 to May 2005, but they don't have to know this). But then what do I say to explain what I did after college? At this point, playing the pity card and telling them about my recent family problems/my mom's death as an excuse for "taking time off from jobsearching" sounds like the best idea...and it's not a very good idea.
I'm wondering if I should tell them where I work, but lie and say that I'm a waitress or bartender? Do you think that maybe I could ask one of my managers to go along with this, and "verify" me as a waitress/bartender if employers start calling to check references? I've been a loyal responsible employee to my club, and am reminded/complimented of this by the managers, so do you think they might be willing to do this for me? Help! I don't know what to do about my resume.


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