Presenting Your Employment History

The final section of the resume contains your employment history, a list of publications and presentations, and other miscellaneous information such as appointments and memberships. It is not necessary to include the names of your references, however, avoid adding the line "References supplied on request" to your resume.

Employment History: List the positions that you have held in chronological order. Include the company name, location, dates of employment, and the position titles held. In cases where you have held multiple positions within the same company, list each position title (and optionally the dates in this position).



Experience:

1992 - Present   Network Science Corporation
1797 Palm Blvd
Isle of Palms, SC 29451
Chief Science Officer
1992 - Present   Molecular Solutions, Inc.
1797 Palm Blvd
Isle of Palms, SC 29451
President and CEO
1990 - 1992   Small Software Company, Inc.
1000 Chiral Circle
Molecular, MO 63144
Director, Training and Consulting
1986 - 1990   Pharma1, Inc
245 Street of Dreams
Someplace, NC 27709
Senior Systems Manager, Scientific Computing
Manager, Scientific Computing
1979 - 1986   Pharma2 Corporation
Pharmaceuticals Division
43 Avenue of America
Summit, NJ 07901
Manager, Research Computing Services
Project Leader, Computer Math
Senior Systems Analyst, Computer Math
Senior Scientist, Chemistry

Appointments:

1988 - 1989   University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
Adjunct Professor, School of Pharmacy
1990 - Present   Computers in Chemistry Division
American Chemical Society
Program Committee

Societies and Memberships:

American Chemical Society - Medicinal Chemistry Section
American Chemical Society - Computers in Chemistry Section
Drug Information Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Crystallography Association

Example 1
Professional Experience



Several resume books recommend that the experience listing include accomplishments within each organization. An example of this style is shown below. While either style can be effective, the format above allows you to concentrate the emphasis of the resume on accomplishments rather than on positions.



Experience:

1992 - Present   Network Science Corporation
1797 Palm Blvd
Isle of Palms, SC 29451
Chief Science Officer
   
  • Co-founded and established scientific focus for this non-profit company whose mission is to assist in science education by supporting the development of science and technology, by facilitating the timely exchange of information as a means of enhancing professional development, and by fostering public awareness of advances in the therapeutic management of diseases.


  • Conceived and published the first WWW-based publication, NetSci, which provides information and scientific articles focused on pharmaceutical research, clinical trials, and product development and their potential impact on disease management.


  • Co-founded The Charleston Conference: Advancing New Lead Discovery, a scientific meeting which highlights the successful application of new technologies in pharmaceutical research.


  • Created and managed the Network Science Web site. Wrote HTML, perl scripts, javascript; created graphics images and content for the site.
1992 - Present   The Best Company
123 Palm Blvd
Isle of Palms, SC 29451
President and CEO
   
  • Co-founded the company which is dedicated to providing executive recruiting, scientific consulting, market research, technology assessment and systems integration services for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.


  • Increased consulting client base 20% per year from initial levels.


  • Conceived and published first resource guide for computational chemistry, The Computational Chemistry YellowPages.


  • Provided market research services to several fortune 500 companies in the areas of technology assessment, competitive analysis, computer technology and business planning.


  • Conducted contract projects including software evaluation, business analysis, strategic planning and molecular modeling.


  • Successfully completed executive searches for positions including Vice President, research directors, scientific information systems managers, scientific programmers, computational chemists, crystallographers, and chemical information specialists.
1986 - 1990   Pharma, Inc
123 Avenues of the America
Dreamworks, NC 27709
Senior Systems Manager, Scientific Computing Manager, Scientific Computing
   
  • Defined technical directions, staffed a group of 15 professionals and consultants, supervised the performance of employees, established new areas of scientific computing for the Research Department and proposed and managed an annual budget of $4.0 million.


  • Specified, developed and managed the growth of molecular modeling hardware and software architectures. Established molecular modeling project directions for the Research Department. Acquired software (Chemical Design, Tripos, Macromodel, Biodesign) and hardware (DEC, Apple, IBM, Cray, Silicon Graphics) to meet objectives for the Department.


  • Designed, proposed for management approval and implemented a multimillion dollar scientific computing environment comprised of centralized mainframes, networks and distributed workstations which utilized the latest advances in client/server based software systems.


  • Established the computational chemistry group and integrated it as a part of the research process. Defined research objectives for therapeutic project areas in conjunction with other groups.


  • Developed receptor models and proposed mechanisms for the cardiovascular program. Developed models for peptide hormone projects and utilized these models to study binding affinity and specificity.


  • Member of the MIS management team and consultant to the MIS Systems and Networking groups.


  • Worked closely with Research Department management to define and implement research programs for therapeutic target areas.


  • Spearheaded a collaborative effort with Digital Equipment Corporation, Molecular Design Limited and Glaxo Inc. to implement an original concept of a simplified, distributed chemical information management system. The resulting product is being marketed to bench scientists on PC and Macintosh personal computers, UNIX workstations and DEC and IBM mainframe computers.

Example 2
Professional Experience



Publications: Begin the section with your thesis (masters or Ph.D.). For papers submitted to journals, it is generally a good idea to list publications in standard journal format. Avoid including papers that are "In Preparation" or that are listed as "Abstracts" as they give the appearance of padding and are generally ignored anyway. If articles have been submitted for publication, include the journal name. Publication lists that span several pages should be started on a new page rather than in the body of the main resume.



   



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