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Fearless Résumés

Dates for More than One Job
at a Company
There is another way to make your dates look smooth and make
your tenure at a company where you’ve had more than one job
title seem longer.

Mary Lou Smith
222 XXX Drive
Honolulu, HI XXXXX
(808) 344-XXXX
Objective: XXXXX
Summary: XXXXX
Employment History
JJL Inc., Honolulu, HI 1999–2008

Human Resources Director (2003–2008)
Human Resources Manager (2001–2003)
Human Resources Representative (1999–2001)

Education: XXXX

• When you’ve had more than one position, list your
cumulative (largest) span of years in bold type and the
time you spent at each particular job title in parentheses
in a regular typeface.

Dates on Your Education

Your reader may be prejudiced on the grounds that you are
either too young or too old if you list the dates of your educa-
tion, so please leave those dates blank. Do list education in
progress.

Blocks You Should Not Use

Hobbies
Notice that we do not include a hobbies block. Listing hobbies is
an old-fashioned custom that is outmoded today. You may think

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