{"id":590,"date":"2023-04-24T14:22:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T14:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dexian-brasil.website-in-dev.co.uk\/how-to-list-contract-consulting-work-on-your-resume\/"},"modified":"2024-07-20T01:44:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T01:44:30","slug":"4-ways-to-list-contract-work-on-your-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brasil.dexian.com\/en\/blog\/4-ways-to-list-contract-work-on-your-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"How To List Contract &#038; Consulting Work On Your resume"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u200bWriting a resume and arranging your resume summary, skill sets, relevant work experience, and education section is tricky\u2014 building and organizing a resume when you\u2019re a consultant is even trickier.<\/p>\n<p>Why? Well, most of the workforce uses a classic resume template that organizes their work history in reverse chronological order, including each work experience, their title, employer name, and dates of employment.<\/p>\n<p>But that approach clearly won\u2019t work when you\u2019re shifting company and roles every three to 12 months.<\/p>\n<h2>How to organize your resume experience when you\u2019re a contractor or independent consultant<\/h2>\n<h3>1. Organize It by Parent Company<\/h3>\n<p>This approach is the closest to the standard approach. List the <a href=\"\/staffing\/\">staffing and consulting firms<\/a> you work with as the \u201cumbrella\u201d companies, then underneath, write the consulting jobs you\u2019ve completed along with soft skill bullet points.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<p>Work Experience<\/p>\n<p><i>Dexian<\/i>, 9\/10 \u2013 Present<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><i>Blue Moon Bank<\/i>, Nashville, TN<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Senior Java Developer, 6\/15 \u2013 11\/15<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><span>Re-engineered Java User Interface and portions of core applications, resulting in additional functionality and scalability<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Increased customer satisfaction with bank website by 56% according to user surveys<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Organize It by Short-Term Employers<\/h3>\n<p>Another strategy is to list all of your consulting jobs in reverse chronological order under the heading \u201cConsulting Jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For job seekers who have worked with a variety of staffing firms, completed many independent gigs, or both, this is a great way to present all of your experience without spending lots of space showing which staffing firm you were working with during each gig.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<p>Consulting Jobs<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><i>Blue Moon Bank<\/i>, Nashville, TN<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Senior Java Developer, 6\/15 \u2013 11\/15<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Re-engineered Java User Interface and portions of core applications, resulting in additional functionality and scalability<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Increased customer satisfaction with bank website by 56% according to user surveys<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Organize It by Technology<\/h3>\n<p>Maybe you have expertise in several different languages and want to highlight your programming range to potential employers. Or maybe you haven\u2019t worked with your favorite technology for a while but would like to again and need to prove to the person looking over your resume that you\u2019re qualified.<\/p>\n<p>In these cases, grouping your experience by the type of project, technology, or language is the way to go.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<p>Work Experience<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Java Consulting Roles<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><i>Example #1<\/i><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><i><span>Example #2<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><i><span>Example #3<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>\n<p>JavaScript Consulting Roles<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><i>Example #1<\/i><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><i><span>Example #2<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><i><span>Example #3<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Organize It by Work Category<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s fairly common for professionals in this industry to have experience working as consultants, independent contractors, and regular employees.<\/p>\n<p>But that presents a problem: you must incorporate all of your disparate work experience into a unified list without confusing the person looking over your resume.<\/p>\n<p>To do that, you can arrange your work experience by category.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Consulting Experience<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Example #1<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Example #2<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>\n<p>Independent Contracting Experience<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Example #1<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Example #2<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>\n<p>Full-Time Positions<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Example #1<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Example #2<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By implementing one of these four organizational strategies, you\u2019ll be able effectively show hiring managers your expertise, work experience, and capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bWriting a resume and arranging your resume summary, skill sets, relevant work experience, and education section is tricky\u2014 building &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":8352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,27,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-consultant","category-staffing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How To List Contract &amp; 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