Format Your Resume Differently to Minimize Job Interest
Changing jobs is a big red flag for recruiters and employers and can hurt your career . However, if you have a few short jobs, all is not lost. Here are some tips from resume professionals to play down this jittery background.
Talent Zoo offers some helpful tips to help you create a story on your resume that is more cohesive than it might otherwise be. You can do this by writing a resume that highlights your total years of experience in your field and indicates that you are looking for a “long term position”.
Also, instead of using the traditional chronological resume format, try a hybrid resume that focuses more on your skills than work dates:
“A hybrid resume borrows a skillset from a functional resume and uses a chronological history towards the end of the resume,” says [Towney Besson, president of Career Dimensions, a career planning firm in Dallas].
Under the heading and summary statement, select four or five responsibilities in which you have excelled and list the achievements in your past positions related to those responsibilities. Ms Schaffer recommends listing the companies where you achieved each achievement in parentheses at the end of each bullet.
Under the list of responsibilities, create a section that lists all employers, positions, start and end dates in reverse chronological order, Ms. Besson said.
You can see an example of this on the website of the author of the resume book Susan Ireland. Ireland is reformatting the experience section to divide several positions into major groups, with a period of years (excluding months) for each group. She says giving up dating at every job isn’t the best option, but if your case is such a tough one, it might help you get through the interview.
Tips for Building a Resume That Downplays Job Hops Experience
Quick fix: short-term vacancies in chronological resume format | Susan Ireland Resume Website