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Subject:Re: Speaking of resumes.... From:kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 18 Jan 2003 08:25:32 -0700
> When you've had two titles at a job, and you're putting your title on your
> resume, do you need to list both titles, or just the latter of the two? Or do
> you think it's personal preference?
If the two titles represent two different jobs within a company (via a
transfer or promotion), then by all means include them both! Make each job
a separate entry on the resume.
If you moved up a level within your position - say, from Technical Writer
to Senior Technical Writer - include that information to show that you're
upwardly mobile within your team.
If they simply renamed your position, I'd use the most recent title.
Keith Cronin
who became a Senior Proposal Coordinator when they hired a "regular"
Proposal Coordinator for me to supervise. But now that they layed that
person off, I'm only "Senior" because I'm old.
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