I need help on my resume. Last 2 jobs were identical in nature, i.e., fast food management. These are the only two that are relevant to my job search. Now, I have limited space, and redundant info. Do I use the ‘see above’ method, or duplicate the 5 or more lines that the identical info would eat up? Or, is there a better way?
Thanks,
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Oops, it would eat up more like 15 lines. That’s why the help is needed!
Thanks,
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You might consider using a organizing principle other than chronology. Group all management experience together with one description, and list the employers and dates for that experience. Then list other work experience categories and the employers/dates involved.
This could be a good thing. Having the same duties shows you know exactly what you’re doing and you did the first job so well you were hired for the second.
But that’s not what you asked, so let’s do this right.
First of all sit down and list your duties. Are they really identical? If so then do this. Take the most important three duties of your last two jobs and put them both in the first and second job. Vary the order in each job description.
THEN
Take the next four important duties. I assume these would apply to job one and job two.
List two of them in job one and the other two in job two.
So now you have consistancy and variation.
Remember a resume isn’t a total description of what you do. It highlights your career to ZOOM home on the important things that will get you hired.
Employment managers don’t have time to deep read, they want to skim and pick fine points out.
At your interview THAT is the place for you to express yourself and for the interviewer to find out about you.
A resume isn’t the key to a job. It’s a knock on the door to get you into the company where the interview can land you the job
You probably shouldn’t have 15 lines for each job in the first place.
The typical format should go something like this:
date from - date to
Most Recent Job, City, State
Title
[ul]
[li]3-5 accomplishments[/li][li]3-5 accomplishments[/li][li]3-5 accomplishments[/li][/ul]
date from - date to
Next Most Recent Job, City, State
Title
[ul]
[li]3-5 accomplishments[/li][li]3-5 accomplishments[/li][li]3-5 accomplishments[/li][/ul]
And obviously you would have accomplished different but possibly similar things at each job. For example:
Successfully managed a staff of n restaurant employees
Managed a budget of $x
Generated a net profit of $y over a z year period
Nominated as Employee of the Month for MM/YYYY
That kind of shit. The more specific and quantifyable the better.