Format: Résumé Employment Experience




Assignment Overview

Résumé Content

Résumé Exercise

Résumé Format

Application Letter

Application Letter Exercise

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:

For each job that you list, the employment experience block of your résumé should include:

  • Position or job title
  • Name of organization and city and state location (no zip code)
  • Dates of employment
  • Brief description or list of your primary duties / responsibilities for jobs similar to the one you are seeking or jobs that provided relevant skills

When describing your employment experience:

  • Use reverse chronological order (most recent first)
  • Use active verbs (developed, planned, organized, created, etc.); complete sentences are rarely used
  • Include work experience since high school, but emphasize your most relevant experience by providing more detail



SAMPLES: RÉSUMÉ EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE


Sample 1:

EXPERIENCE Mechanical and Electrical Designer
DBG Consulting Engineers, Inc., Austin, TX
May 1996-present
  • Plan light and power layouts
  • Compute connected loads
  • Design duct work for HVAC systems
Co-op Student
Technicon and Company, Inc., Houston, TX
Summer 1994, Spring 1995 and 1996
  • Assisted mechanical engineer with equipment design and installation
  • Developed plan for upgrading and maintaining machinery
  • Assisted with operations
Construction Worker
J.W. Jones Construction Company, Inc., Austin, TX
Summers 1992-1994



Sample 2:

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Co-op Student: Summer 1993, Spring 1994, Spring 1995
Technicon and Company, Inc., Houston, TX
     Assisted Mechanical Engineer with design and installation of equipment.
     Developed plan for upgrading and maintaining machinery.
     Assisted with operations and root cause analysis.

Construction Worker: Summers 1991-1992
J.W. Jones Construction Co., Inc, Fort Worth, TX




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