How to List Work Experience

Work experience is the core of your resume. List positions from most recent to oldest. Each entry needs: job title, employer name, location (city/state or Remote), dates, and 3–6 bullet points.

Entry format

• Job Title — Company Name, Location
• Month Year – Month Year (or Present)
• 3–6 bullet points per role (more for recent roles, fewer for older ones)

Bullet formula: Action + Task + Result

Start with a strong past-tense verb (Led, Built, Reduced, Increased, Launched). Describe what you did and quantify impact when possible.

• Weak: 'Responsible for managing social media accounts'
• Strong: 'Grew Instagram following from 2K to 45K in 8 months through daily content and influencer partnerships, driving 15% of new customer acquisitions'
• Weak: 'Worked on backend services'
• Strong: 'Designed REST APIs serving 2M daily requests; cut p95 latency from 800ms to 120ms by optimizing PostgreSQL queries and adding Redis cache'

Metrics recruiters trust

• Revenue: $ saved or $ generated
• Scale: users, transactions, requests per day
• Efficiency: time saved, % improvement, headcount managed
• Quality: error rate reduction, NPS increase, audit pass rate

Employment gaps

Brief gaps (3–6 months) need no explanation. Longer gaps: consider a one-line entry ('Independent study — AWS certification, 2023') or address in cover letter. Never fabricate dates.

Multiple roles at one company

List each title separately with its own dates if promotions were significant. Alternatively, one block with sub-bullets per role if space is tight.