Use past tense to
describe prior jobs and present tense to describe your current position.
When
describing prior job experience or relevant skills on your resume, it is important to use statements that fully support your job objective.
Situation # 2 Point after point in your resume begins with the words, «Responsible for...» or something else that
describes your prior job description.
Not exact matches
If you've ever been to a
job interview you've probably had a «
describe a
prior situation» type of question in which the interviewer asks you to
describe a scenario you faced either in life or while at your previous position.
Should the recruiter fail to adequately
describe the
job, or if no information is available
prior to the interview, make sure to ask the hiring manager to clarify any questions you may have early on in the interview.
When
describing the details of your
prior experience, make sure you're not just giving
job descriptions.
The work history section, which is a critical part of any resume, is also carefully formatted to
describe the candidate's
prior work history and what the candidate did while in each
job.
In any future communications with
job prospects, bring up all of the positive attributes of your
prior jobs and only
describe the challenges that you overcame while being employed.