What's the Best Way to Show Multiple Positions on a Resume?

Multiple positions within one company may present some spacing issues within your resume. However, you can work around it using two basic techniques. How you list them depends on similarity between the positions.

Start with your most recent job title first, and work backwards. This puts your highest level achieved with a previous employer at the top of the list. If you worked up to mid-level management, that comes first on the resume; then, work back to previous positions. Put the company first as the top heading. List each position held followed by the date as separate headings. Place any details underneath the position headings.

Include bullet points under the most important positions you held. This gives your prospective employer something to look at very quickly.

If your jobs had similar duties and daily tasks, include three or four bullet points under just one of the position headings, as opposed to all of them. For example, if your job duties as an editor and an associate editor were essentially the same, then you should place a bullet point under just one of those two headings and not both.

The bullet points should contain any major accomplishments and experiences you had during your time in that position. Use hard facts and figures that quantify what you did. These accomplishments let your potential employer see precisely what made you excel in that job.

If your two positions are very different from each other, you should list bullet points for each position. Suppose you started as an entry-level member on a sales team. You earned a promotion to manage that team two years later. Clearly, you earned more money and had more responsibilities as the manager versus a team member. Bullet points under both positions should reflect your additional responsibilities, experiences and accomplishments.

Keep in mind your resume tells your professional story. The narrative of the headings and bullet points should clearly state what happened, when and how.

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