Listing your experience how far back should you go?
One of the biggest concerns in creating a resume has to do with your professional experience. Before you begin your resume, consider the following questions. – What is your career objective?
– Are you changing careers or looking for professional growth?
– What experience have you had so far that will help in meeting your professional goals?
To get started in developing your resume, list all of your previous experience, in chronological order, starting with your latest job on a piece of paper. List the dates of employment, your job title, the full company name and the location of your employment. Now, consider just how much experience you have had. In recent years, it has become more commonplace to change jobs more frequently and not build your career in one place. As such, it is possible that someone with ten years of professional experience following college has had over three jobs. That doesnt seem all that much to include on a resume, right? Consider someone with over 30 years of experience. It is important to set limits on what you include and what you can freely exclude from...