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Composing a Resume: Experience

Composing a Resume: Experience

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When describing any experience or job, always give concrete examples of your duties, accomplishments, or achievements and back them up with numbers or percentages if possible.  You may include the following:

  • Full Time and Part Time Jobs
  • Seasonal Employment
  • Internships and Co-op's
  • Volunteer Positions
  • Work Study/On-campus Jobs
  • Military Service

Include your job title (position held) first to emphasize what you did, followed by the name of your employer, the employer's city and state and the dates of employment (month/year).

Example

Co-op Experience:
Front Desk Clerk, ABC Hotel, Rochester, NY, Spring 2001
  • Check-in/ out hotel guests, answer questions and provide local area attraction information to assist guests
  • Responsible for booking reservations, operating switchboard, cash/credit card handling, reconciling receipts, record keeping and computer data entry
  • Assist with planning and running of events, conferences and meetings

Additional Work Experience:
Waitress/Hostess, Monroe Restaurant, Rochester, NY, August 1997-Present

  • Greet and seat guests, serve food and beverages and menu planning
  • Assist with training of new employees

Work History:
Weekend Manager, Burger King, Rochester, NY, February 1999-May2001
Waiter, Applebee's Restaurant, Rochester, NY, January 1997-January1999
Cashier, Wegman's, Henrietta, NY, March 1996-January 1997
Cook/Counselor, Camp Lake Rochester, Rochester, NY, Summer(s) 1995-1997