Early experiences in the resume
[ 2006-06-01 10:23 ]
Should I put all my experience in the resume? For those who have worked for
more than ten years, this may be a question. Actually, a resume should include
only the last ten years of experience.
Content of your resume should be selected strategically to support your focus
and value proposition. While it is true that readers of your resume will be most
interested in your most recent experience, there is often value in including
experience further back in your history. Perhaps your early career includes work
for well-known, prestigious companies. Perhaps you want to document the full
scope of your cross-industry experience, much of which occurred in your early
career. Perhaps you believe some valuable networking opportunities may have come
from your experience 15 or 20 years ago. Or perhaps your most impressive
accomplishments were in a position you held 12 years ago. In any case, it will
be apparent to the reader that your executive career did not suddenly
materialize ten years ago so there is little harm and many benefits to
summarizing this early experience. Of course, this does not mean that you must
give equal page weight to your early career. If you feel early dates will be
used to screen you out (使某人被篩選出), subtly leave them out of your early career
summary. If some early career positions have more strategic relevance than
others, give them more emphasis in your summary. Think carefully about the
content of your resume. If there is solid reasoning behind your desire to
present early experience, then do so.
（來源：www.distinctiveweb.com 英語點津Annabel編輯）
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