Why is this important?
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Your employment history is a very important part of your profile; it allows potential employers to easily and simply view your most up to date employment records.
- It is often the very first section a manager with review when screening a profile, so if this is not complete it could be you will not be considered.
- As well as the Job Title, Company and Dates - make sure you include a brief description of your duties whilst employed in each role, key achievements and an explanation for moving on, for example:
My role was to manage exhibitions and sponsorship across a range of conferences and events.
My key achievements include: Developing a new client from scratch to be the company's biggest within 18 months.
Responsibilities included:
- Negotiating sponsorship packages with sponsors
- Marketing events to sponsors
- Liaising with venue staff and contractors to ensure sponsor requirements met
- Successfully managing the sponsorship and exhibition at the 2012 Association of Colleges Annual Conference at the ICC
- All associated administration telephones, emails, producing documentation, filing, updating spreadsheets, arranging meetings, diary management, etc.
- Compiling post-conference feedback and billing sponsors