Working Experience Section in Applications

[TM]

Hello all,

After some reflection post-application cycle, I realised that I might have approached the 'working experience' section incorrectly. I usually would write about my role including the duration and nature of the work, then would list the tasks performed in bullet points.

How do you do it? Would you mind sharing examples of how it should be done?

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

If you have had to enter dates, then you don't need to explain the duration. But apart from that, your approach seems pretty good to me.

 

[Camilla]

I have heard that some firms do not like bullet points used (unless they ask you to use them) and they favour concise prose.

For this reason, I generally do not use bullet points, although I know that some people do and still have success...

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

I have heard that some firms do not like bullet points used (unless they ask you to use them) and they favour concise prose.

For this reason, I generally do not use bullet points, although I know that some people do and still have success...

I think this depends on the formatting of the application form. Some free-text boxes don't respond well to bullet points, while others have a bit more functionality behind them (like this forum) which makes bullet points appropriate.