Resume Question?

Anonymous

April 2,2022 at 3:06PM UTC

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Resume Question?

I left my role 6 months back. The agreement with the company was that they will pay me 6 months severance and I will help them with the transition, which ended recently. I am wondering how do I show this on my resume? i.e position ended in Sep'21 and the transition ended in Mar'22. Do I show my employment end date as Mar'22 or show it as Sep'21 and add six months as consulting for the same company? Appreciate any advice.

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Sabrina CortesApril 2,2022 at 4:15PM UTC
I'm a Resume Writer and if we were on a call together, I'd tell you that you could list it either way because it depends on what kind of role you're looking for now. If you're looking for a consulting position, you can list it separately and if not, you can combine your time and put your ending date as Mar '22.
AnonymousApril 2,2022 at 6:05PM UTC
Thanks.
Although, won’t keeping 03/22 create a problem when future employers are doing reference checks on dates worked especially when company’s HR would show parting date as 09/21?
Sabrina CortesApril 2,2022 at 10:14PM UTC
That's a good question. I suppose the consulting can be listed as "self-employed" and kept separate. This way it avoids issues with HR, but I'm not sure how all of that plays out when a company researches a candidate. I only know the resume writing aspect.
Is there an HR professional reading this that might be able to shed some light on this to clarify things?