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Commented on 07/30/20 -

Job Hunting When You Are “Of A Certain Age”
Lynne Cogan
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Career Coach for Realizing Professional Dreams
08/01/20 at 6:44PM UTC
Do yourself a favor. If you decide to leave off all dates, do your best to get the resume in the hands of the hiring manager or CEO rather than going through the online application process. FYI: The reason companies get specific about the month is because it is possible to make it look like you were employed for a longer period of time than you were and to make it seem that you weren't unemployed for the greater part of a year when you were.
Laura West
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08/03/20 at 6:13PM UTC
I never leave off employment dates, and try to include months as well as the years, for exactly the reason you mention! The past seven years have been a nightmare -- mostly consulting/contract jobs, and then Yeshiva, where I was actually permanent/full-time, but my position was eliminated after 10-1/2 months.
Lynne Cogan
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08/03/20 at 7:51PM UTC
Can you combine all the consulting/contracting gigs under the heading Consulting/Contracting? That can make a resume flow much more smoothly. And it looks like it was your plan to do this.
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