Work Experience

Other names for this section

• Job Experience/History

• Work Experience/History

• Professional Experience/History

• Employment Experience/History
  
  

Where is it?

• Under the Education section
  
  

Information in this section

• Current / previous employer(s)

• Their locations (city, state)

• Dates of employment (month & year)

• Job title (If you didn't have an official title, create one.

• 4-5 bulleted statements for each job, describing your duties, responsibilities and (sometimes) your accomplishments
  
  

Bulleted statement requirements

Click here to see a list of specific action words that you could use for your bulleted statements.

• 4-5 bulleted statements per job

• Begins with an action word (don’t use the same more than once)
  EX: Bagged groceries for customers

• No use of I, me, my, myself, mine, we, you, your, yourself, etc. (1st/2nd person pronouns)

• Is truthful and not an exaggeration.

• Uses numbers and results if possible
  EX: Trained 10 employees who became full-time clerks