Your employment history is simply a compilation of jobs that you have held with a brief explanation of duties. This is not the place to go into great detail, which is a common mistake. All that does is make your resume a chore to read. Remember that hiring authorities have a ton of resumes to get through. Make yours a stand out because it’s complete and concise, not because it’s a diary of everything you’ve ever done.
Remember, each employment history should contain no more than:
1. Your title in the job
2. The name and location of the company
3. A brief description of what you did
4. The years of employment
Examples:
Press Operator, ABC Printing Company, Kansas City, MO
Responsible for running high-speed color offset printing equipment. (2002 – Present)
Gaffer, Thunder Video Studios, Oakland, CA
Responsible for studio lighting and equipment for film and video productions. (2011 – 2015)
Project Manager, Acme Chemical Co., Beaumont, TX
Responsible for managing construction and startup of several major facilities brought on line at this chemical plant between 2002 and 2014
Note:
If you have held a number of different jobs for one employer, it is permissible to “group” similar positions. In this case, use the title of the last job you held as the title of the position.
Example:
Lab Technician, ABC Research Co., Boston, MA
Held a variety of positions with increasing responsibilities in the areas of research, production, and product development. (1998 – Present)
If you have questions about your resume, or about your career in general, be sure to Ask The Counselor!
That makes sense that you shouldn’t go into too much detail. I would think that they would mostly want to see the types of jobs you have done. I’ll have to remember that when working on a resume to potentially give to recruiters.
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