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Resume - All Past Tense?

Post by cruelestgame » Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:30 pm

in Writing Your Resume, if you have a couple of lines explaining certain activities, should the tense be all in the past? and what if they are still on going like 2009-present, would it change?

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Re: Resume - All Past Tense?

Post by Knock » Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:31 pm

cruelestgame wrote:in writing your resume, if you have a couple of lines explaining certain activities, should the tense be all in the past? and what if they are still on going like 2009-present, would it change?
If it's a current job I would put it in the present tense, former jobs in the past tense.

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Re: Resume - All Past Tense?

Post by trudat15 » Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:35 pm

Knockglock wrote:
If it's a current job I would put it in the present tense, former jobs in the past tense.

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Re: Resume - All Past Tense?

Post by cruelestgame » Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:05 am

thanks!

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Re: Resume - All Past Tense?

Post by JJDancer » Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:50 pm

Only thing I would add is let's say its an ongoing thing but one of the bullets you list was a one time thing (that's now over) then I would write that in past tense like
"Organized and executed a charity ball benefitting myself" lol (you get the point).

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