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What is your opinion on adding non-academic work experience to an academic job position application? For example I was a caregiver for like 5 years during graduate school and even though that is not academic work I think it could show that I am diverse? Honest opinions/experience welcomed

For some context, I'm a productive scholar. While caregiving, I earned a MA, my thesis is currently under review at a journal, I published an article and encyclopedia entry with faculty, applied for grant funding, and I'm a single parent (definitely not advertised, lol). In other words, my perception is that by including this experience, it may show that I'm responsible and can complete multiple tasks. What do you think?

Edit: my field is sociology, and I've decided that if I add this, it would be one line on my CV under "other work experience" which is at the very end of the document. There are scholars who study aging and the life course, in addition to disability studies, so it's possible it would have some weight depending on someone's background in research or just plain life experience (i.e. having a family member who needs care).
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You don't need to show you are responsible at this level, it should be assumed that you are responsible. 

A mention in passing during the interview stage that your work output was strong whilst you were caregiving is probably fine, but these types of personal touches are best done in person, if at all, and have less value in the application itself.