Resume Format Question (Opinions)
Resume Format Question (Opinions)
(OP)
I always like to keep an updated resume even if I'm not looking. I recently came back to a company I used to work for as their Engineering Manager. To complicate things they have changed names in this period.
My question is how to list this on my resume. I current have my experience listed in chronological order (from most present to first). So do I list this company as two entries (under 2 names) or pull the info from the first time I was there up into the top listing.
Make sense?
My question is how to list this on my resume. I current have my experience listed in chronological order (from most present to first). So do I list this company as two entries (under 2 names) or pull the info from the first time I was there up into the top listing.
Make sense?
Sean Dotson, PE
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Either way works, but somehow it seemed clearer (on my resume) to list the new name without clarification and the old name with the clarification.
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
www.muleshoe-eng.com
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Now my resume is achievement based. It lists my achievements in order of importance to what I want to do next and ignores specific employers other than a listing of them.
Rick Kitson MBA P.Eng
Construction Project Management
From conception to completion
www.kitsonengineering.com
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I just finished suggesting to someone that he more closely associate his achievements with the organizations in which he made them. His resume currently divorces the two, and it almost looks like he as 25 years experience, 2 years out of his M.S. I suggest that your approach works with someone as accomplished as yourself, but with a rookie, it's safest to fly under the wing of your employers.
Steven Fahey, CET
"Simplicate, and add more lightness" - Bill Stout
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Simply present the basic data in the way that shows you to the best light. Don’t lie or overstate the facts, be honest and put the best spin on your circumstances that you can.
Most people can read between the lines and returning to the same job is not always a negative, simply say leaving was a mistake and you corrected it.
Rick Kitson MBA P.Eng
Construction Project Management
From conception to completion
www.kitsonengineering.com
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I honestly don't see any kind of hireability problem. Then again I don't think SeanDotson did either; it *was* a format question. "zdas04" is right about the format.
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Sean Dotson, PE
Autodesk Inventor Certified Expert
http://www.sdotson.com
Autodesk Inventor Tutorials & More