I'm trying to update my resume, and have a situation that's a little unique to my career area (staff in the U.S. Congress). I have a couple of instances where I was had another, temporary job while still serving in my "day job" and I'm trying to figure out how to list them.
For instance, I was an officer of one of the national political party conventions in the U.S. both in 2008 and 2012. Since the position and duties were the same for both conventions, would you just list them as a single position, or list them separately since they were separated by 4 years? They're very much real jobs; they just happen to last for a few weeks every 4 years.
I also had a couple of instances where I was "detailed" to serve in another position concurrently with my regular duties, e.g. I served as counsel to one committee on a part-time basis while simultaneously handling my duties for the committee where I was officially employed. Would you list them as 2 positions, or list it as a responsibility or accomplishment under my main position?
My goal is to try and save some space. While it's nice to be in demand, sometimes it can make the work history kind of confusing (and long).
Thanks all. -- Hugh
I might put them under
I might put them under accomplishments as your normal responsibilities did not include them.
Ted Tschopp
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Hopefully you've gotten some help
Here's my 2 cents:
The 2008 / 2012 jobs - should be listed separately. Sounds like responsibilities were the same; were the accomplishments? I would list them separately so you could show the difference in what you accomplished.
In the case where you were sent to another committee - I would take that as an accomplishment since the person assigning you believed you could do both jobs. I would do this especially if the responsibilities for both committees were the same.
I'd be interested in knowing what Wendii thinks about how to list those from a date perspective. That would get tricky.
Also, remember to have a separate CMD that you can pull items onto a resume. maybe in that case you would want to list everything separately. And then include them on your resume as appropriate.
Good luck!
John
Thanks guys...
I really appreciate the comments. Wendii suggested that I lump everything into the responsibilities and accomplishments of my current role. While I did that for the temporary committee assignment, I feel like I need to list the political stuff separately. We have a pretty strong legal firewall between our official and political lives, and wouldn't want my resume to give the impression that there was some overlap when there wasn't.
Thanks for the help!