Resume Skills - Work Experience

Work experience is one of the most important parts of a resume. The most recent job you had comes at the top, and goes in descending order. If you have held many jobs, then it's not necessary to write detailed information on the job you had as a teenager.

A common format to list your work experience is:
Company Name
Position                                                                                 Year Start - Year End

• Responsibility/Achievement
• Responsibility.Achievement
• Responsibility/Achievement
• Responsibility.Achievement

You can have the time frame next to the company name, or your position. If you have been promoted within the same company it might be better to have it next to the position title, so you can split up the timeframe.

XYZ Accounting Company                                             
Intermediate Accountant                                                         2010 - Current

• Face to face client contact to complete tax returns
• Completion of BAS statements for small to medium sized companies
• Working closely with office support staff
• Increased billings by 5% from 2011/2012 to 2012/2013 financial years

Super Awesome Accounting Firm                                  

Intermediate Accountant                                                       2008 - 2010

Junior Accountant                                                                 2007 - 2008

• Supporting intermediate accountants with tax returns and BAS statements
• Lodging of tax returns to ATO
• Promoted from Junior to Intermediate Accountant within a year

Local Fish & Chip Shop

Store Assistant                                                                     2005 - 2007

• Customer service
• Cash handling

If you have done volunteer work, this may be the place to list it. If it's related to the field you are working in, you can put it in the work experience section - you don't even necessarily have to say you were a volunteer. However if you have had more than one volunteer job, and it's unrelated to your field, you may want to list it in a separate section towards the end of your resume. Volunteer work is excellent on a resume, it shows you are a team player and contribute to your community.