How to explain this on my CV

[SueEllen]

Currently work perm and have done for a few years.

I did a three week sicky* in January and in that time did a contract at a media agency

Afterwards, I went back to the perm role, but I'm now so bored I want to jump out the window. Sorting out the CV - would you include the contract role on the CV ? How would I word it .. I would like to include it as it's a good name, but I'm concerned it will be hard to explain why I went back still on a perm basis

If you are looking for contracts include it. Businesses have more than one contact at a time and there are occasions where a larger business has no work for a smaller business for days/weeks so this means the smaller business fits in other work.

If you are looking for permanent work don't unless you do something like a graphical designer. The graphical designers I know and have met do a mixture of permanent and contract work at the same time.

However you don't need to say that you did the work in the day or Monday - Friday. Remember there are 24 hours in a day and 7 days in a week.

[Brussels Slumdog]

3 weeks experience equals no experience

Adding the experience you gained doing something different for three weeks will not impress anyone so leave it off. The only reason to include a 3 week contract is to fill a gap. If you feel that during the 3 weeks work you gained worthwile experience then incorporate the work you did somewhere in your past history or as your first job.