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I want to start by saying that I have found both the casts and the forums very helpful.It has taken me about 3 weeks to get through the older casts but I finally caught up yesterday.

My problem now is that I am trying to recreate my resume based upon the recommendations of the casts and forums. The problem with it is that I have been with the same employer for the past 10 years. During this time I have had 4 different primary roles, 3 supervisors (3 supervisors in the past 2 years), and 2 different secondary roles. When I try to capture these roles (1-2 sentences max) and my accomplishments I run out of room. I am able to fit 3 different companies I have worked for in my life. The oldest is the military. I do not want to exclude this but I may have to soon. I have already removed one job in prefrence of military experience.

My secondary question revolves around education. I have 2 degrees, both in Business, from the University of Phoenix. 1 is an AAB and the other is BSB-M. should I remove the lower degree?

I am also curious for those of you involved with the hiring process if there is any disparity shown/given to UOP graduates. I have heard of this but have not seen it myself as this is a recent change for me.

Any help or guidance I can get on this would be greatly appreciated.

Mac

Submitted by Jeffery Bock on Tuesday August 30th, 2011 9:11 pm

You should only list actual positions. Are these 4 primary + 2 secondary roles different positions at work, or do they fall under your work in one or more different positions you have held at the company? If you don't know what title to use, go by this: If I were to call your employee response center, what would they have said your job title was? So if your job title is "Programmer", but you have held roles doing business analysis, programming, etc, you would only list Programmer. If you were later promoted to "Senior Programmer" and still did the same roles, but now also had an extra role as an architect, you would still only have two jobs listed - Programmer and Senior Programmer. 
As for the school questions - I would probably only list the bachelors degree, but really only because the other doesn't add much to the resume and takes up an extra line. And don't worry too much about having your degree from UOP - not because it doesn't matter (it will to some people), but because you can't change it. Your work history and what you've accomplished are much more important. By the time I get to the education section (if I even read that far) I've usually already made up my mind. You can be excellent and very successful regardless of where you got your degree.
-JIB

Submitted by Shane MacQuarrie on Tuesday August 30th, 2011 9:31 pm

JIB,
My job title has changed over time, but this was due to a reclassification by the company. My official title now is Inventory Control II, it used to be Business Associate. Both of these are pretty generic titles. My main roles have been Shipping & Receiving, Order Entry, Ship Invoice, and finally team administrative coordinator. Each of these has different skills and requirements associated with them. My secondary duties include facilities and Safety team. I have done most of these roles simultaneously over the past 10 years. Should I break these out or leave the multitude of responsibilities under 1 major job title (Inventory Control II)?
Thank you for the response on the school.

Submitted by David Howell on Wednesday August 31st, 2011 8:53 am

Mac,
 
Couple of things...

  • First, just list the BA, and don't worry about what people think about the UOP-- it is what it is.  You had the discipline to complete your degree, that's the important part.
     
  • If your job title has changed but your responsibilities did not, I would only list this job once, using the title that best describes what you do (much like Jib advised you to do). 
     
  • If your prior jobs were truly different roles and you have been promoted several times, I would list the other roles, but only succinctly.  Potential employers will be looking to see how your job history relate to the position you are interviewing for--focusing mostly on recent job history.  Depending on your age (you wouldn't want large, obvious resume gaps), you should consider what jobs to list-- it may not be relevant to list every job you've ever had.
     
  • Finally, It's important to focus on accomplishments on a resume.  I see many resume's where the candidate has simply provided a job description, but they've given no indication of how they actually performed in the job.  List the things that make you great at what you do.
     

Hope this helps!
Maestro -

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