BLUF: I held a position at a company 15 years ago for only 6 months. I cannot remember specifics and do not have any documentation from that period to be able to draft accomplishments.
I am afraid this is a huge red mark on my resume. I do have accomplishments for a position previous to this one which I held for 5 years whereby I received plenty of reports and feedback to draw upon. However, with this job, I barely completed training and wasn't in the field long enough to really drive results before being offered a better position ( this was a sales job). Additionally, I do not have any documentation to draw upon. What should I add for accomplishments? Thanks.
Dave
I think you're stressing too much over this
I know the standard MT guidance is to provide at least one accomplishment for every job you've had, but I doubt you're getting your resume dumped from the candidate pool very often because a job you had for six months 15 years ago doesn't have any bullets next to it. I'd recommend not letting it worry you too much, and focus on increasing the volume and quality of your more recent achievements -- they're the ones that are going to be the most important for hiring managers.
I find it hard to believe
I find it hard to believe that you would have a significant accomplishment at a job you worked only 6 months, especially if you barely made it out of training. When hiring I would be much more concerned about your responsibilities and accomplishments from 2008 as opposed to 1998. Perhaps others have a different take but if this is your only weak point I wouldn't worry too much about it.
Thank you guys for the
Thank you guys for the feedback. Mark mentioned in the podcast about "Creating an Effective Resume" that when a position is listed without any accomplishments, it can be interpreted by a recruiter as the person having been fired from that position. I was trying to avoid the impression. Thanks for the input!
Dave