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Resume Examples with Self-Employment
How to list current or past self-employment so it does not intimidate a potential employer.

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Software Engineer/ Programmer

Sample Resume for a Job as Software Engineer / Programmer This self-employed/unemployed professional is determined to stay in the same field as he now looks for full-time employment with a company. Note how he handled the name change of a former employer (top of page two) and how he includes his military service at the end [...]

Manufacturer’s Sales Representative in the Fashion Industry

Sample Resume for a Job as a Manufacturer’s Sales Representative in the Fashion Industry This job seeker has a colorful work history filled with job hopping, self-employment, and a gap in employment due to travel. He wants to make a slight career change within the sales field. With no dates in his Education section, it is [...]

Investment Banking, Focus on Financial Modeling and Valuation

Sample Resume for a Job in Investment Banking with a Focus on Financial Modeling and Valuation This resume handles a few tough problems: job hopping and self-employment while the applicant was earning his MBA. He disguised his self-employment by using business job titles instead of “owner,” and he beefed up his accomplishment statements with quantifiable results [...]

Executive Position in Account Management: Integrated Direct Marketing and Analysis

Sample Resume for an Executive Position in Account Management Focusing on Integrated Direct Marketing and Analysis This job seeker has most recently been self-employed. Because self-employment didn’t work out for her, she is seeking work as an employee once again within the industry where she has already achieved success. Her resume shows that she is a [...]

Executive Director for Performing Arts for Children

Sample Resume for a Job as Nonprofit Executive Director in a Performing Arts for Children Organization This resume artfully presents the job seeker’s professional expertise and personal interests to support his job objective. Despite being currently unemployed/self-employed, and having a gap in employment due to education, he is clearly a qualified job candidate. Functional resume. [...]

Senior Executive for a Financial Services Technology Company

Sample Resume for a job as Senior Executive for a Financial Services Technology Company Although this resume dates back 23 years, we don’t know how old the job seeker is because she didn’t list dates under Education. Her work history is filled with promotions and she is recently self-employed, which she downplayed by listing her job [...]