Resume - Community Activities

Submitted by Martin Culbert
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Hi MT clan,

What is the best way of capturing experience gained in volunteer activities such as Board of Directors, Advisory Committees and community service?

I have a very full resume and always struggle to get it down to one page. I can add new "jobs" for each of them but it quickly confuses the resume.

Martin
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Submitted by Martin Culbert on Wednesday November 13th, 2013 11:02 am

Hope somebody has some ideas for how I can clean up a resume but still show community experience such as Board of Directors and Advisory Councils.

Submitted by Jeremy Sedgley on Friday November 15th, 2013 6:33 am

 I'd recommend keeping a full record in your Career Management Document, then including the one most relevant to the job for which you're applying in your resume. I'd insert it as another "job" in chronological order (rather than in a separate "Community" section which would take up more space).
You could make it clear in the title that it was a voluntary, part time or non-exec job if that applies. E.g. in my resume I have:
April 2013-Present: Volunteer Business Mentor, Elevation Networks.
Then a responsibilities para and achievement bullets.