How far back are you supposed to list jobs that you have done?
If there is a period of non-employment (ie maternity leave) do you write something in for that time or just leave it blank, and address it if they ask in interview?
When I was helping hire someone for my role people listed pretty far bsck with their most recent job first. When they had maternity leave they did place it in there. Simply like maternity leave april 2007 to April 2008.
Hi Kate, I’m not sure how far along you are in your career but I only have the jobs that are relevant to my career on my CV now, not a complete history. It depends on how many jobs you have had and how far along you are in your career as to whether you list non-career related jobs or not. Showing you have a good and consistent work history is really important but potential employers don’t want to be overwhelmed with irrelevant information – it’s a balance. Always list from most recent to oldest, this is really important.
Yes, I would put your maternity leave in as just a simple one line comment, just as Onelittleprincess suggested.
The last 10 years is the most important and adjust it to put in more detail about the jobs that are relevant to the one you are applying for. If there is a break I normally appreciate an explanation so if you went on maternity leave I would just put the dates in and say it was maternity leave.
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