# Resume help, please
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resume-help-please/379214
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 5, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resume-help-please/379214 "2006-11-05T22:17:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resume-help-please/379214/1 "2006-11-05T22:17:57Z")
What’s the appropriate way to list more than one (significantly different) position you’ve held within the same company? Sites say to list them separately, but I’m not sure about the headings. Unfortunately I can’t find an example of a resume like this, and I understand best with something to mimic.
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### Author:  [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resume-help-please/379214/2 "2006-11-05T22:19:49Z")
I have a lot of this going on with 2 employers. So my resume has employer headings at the far left and position headings within each one of those.
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### Author:  [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resume-help-please/379214/3 "2006-11-05T23:01:00Z")
I would suggest:
BIG COMPANY
Most recent position 6/2005-present
List duties and accomplishments here
Second most recent position 3/2003-6/2005
List duties and possibly reason for changing (i.e., promoted to management position)
Now to see how this formats when I hit submit…
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### Author:  [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resume-help-please/379214/4 "2006-11-05T23:02:54Z")
OK, well, I had the dates set off to the right, but basically that’s what I was going for…
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resume-help-please/379214/5 "2006-11-10T00:48:39Z")
Thanks for the advice 🙂 I just applied for a job at my place of employment that I won’t get (because it’s two higher in the food chain than my current one) and don’t particularly want. However, I would like to be considered for the position just below it if the position I applied for is filled by someone currently in the position I’d prefer. If that makes any sense… we were advised to apply this way, really.
If I’m called in for an interview for the job I actually applied for, I’ll have a heart attack.
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### Author:  [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resume-help-please/379214/6 "2006-11-10T15:26:24Z")
I do similarly:
COMPANY NAME, LOCATION
More recent job title: description goblygook…[Date - Date]
Less recent job title: description goblygook…[Date - Date]
or if it’s a clear promotion where the older duties could be assumed:
COMPANY NAME, LOCATION
Billing Coordinator: description goblygook…[Date - Date] Promoted from Billing Assistant [Date - Date]