Around the world, the US format of presenting your professional background has become standard. Here, professional experience is presented in a reversechronological order, in other words, starting with your last position.
In this section you should include the following information:
- Professional roles
- Experience during and after your education
- Relevant student jobs or marginal employment
Here, we recommend a two-column setup: In the left column, include your period of employment and on the right the title of your position as well as relevant information relating to your employment.
Every entry should have the correct name of the company you worked for, the place of employment, and the exact title of your position. It can also prove useful to emphasize relevant tasks or milestones in bullet points.
For the employment time, you can go down to the month – for example, “12/2012 - 08/2015.” But make sure to use a consistent format.
An example of the format of your CV’s professional background section can look something like this: