Showing posts with label dates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dates. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The ABC's of Resume Writing | "D" is for DATES

D: Playing the Dating game!


In this week’s earlier post, I talked about using the right contact information in your resume. In addition to your name, address, phone number and email, you should include your LinkedIn URL and Twitter id. Including these last two items shows that you are social-networking savvy and are keeping current with the latest tools. In this post, I talk about strategies for displaying dates in your resume.

Dates show up in a few places on resumes, namely in the professional experience section when listing employers as well as when listing education, professional affiliations, community service, and additional training. So what is the best strategy for listing dates? Stay with me as I take you through each section.