Message #65977

[laurafmcdermott]

I've had several "blips"--but I have never found it necessary to include them on my resume.  Anything less than a year I leave out.  Since I list dates on my resume by year only, no big holes show through.  I've never mentioned them in interviews either, unless I am currently in an unsuitable position that I am trying to leave.  Every employer I have interviewed with has people complete an actual application (the legally binding document) after you pretty much have the job.  I put my exact dates of employment on the application, but by that point they are usually only interested in verifying what I have put down rather than asking why there are missing dates.  I have not had a problem thus far.  Perhaps laws are different in the UK?  But in the US, the CV/Resume is just the introduction and you are not required to put every job you've ever had on it, and you are not legally bound to it.   This way, I am hired based on my skills and abilities rather than my history.