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Resume question.

OrganizedChaos

OrganizedChaos

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What are the rules/guidelines regarding past employers that no longer exist? I'm updating my resume and it seems silly to include names, addresses, phone numbers of companies that no longer exist. But on the other hand it seems stupid to leave huge gaps in my employment history.

 
Resume shouldn't go back more than 5 years unless it will specifically give you an edge over other applicants. There's nothing wrong with marking previous employers as no longer in business though.
 
Leave them in. I really don't see why you wouldn't. If they ask you for references from there say they are no longer in business.
 
No user icon OP? Maybe just a glitch on my machine...

Anyways, you probably don't have to bring up the fact they are bankrupt. This probably will come up when you are asked for references.
 
Originally posted by: Tiamat
No user icon OP? Maybe just a glitch on my machine...

Anyways, you probably don't have to bring up the fact they are bankrupt. This probably will come up when you are asked for references.
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wow which avatar is the op using? I don't see it either.
 
Originally posted by: Tiamat
No user icon OP? Maybe just a glitch on my machine...
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Thats no glitch!!! Intruders!

Yeah, I have been recently blessed with a fubared reference going belly up. Will list em but explain the situation when references are sought.
 
As long as there isn't a pattern of you joining companies which go bankrupt shortly thereafter, you should be fine.🙂
 
Originally posted by: jagec
As long as there isn't a pattern of you joining companies which go bankrupt shortly thereafter, you should be fine.🙂
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Just work in a little quip about them going out of business because you left and you'll be fine 😉
 
Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos
What are the rules/guidelines regarding past employers that no longer exist? I'm updating my resume and it seems silly to include names, addresses, phone numbers of companies that no longer exist. But on the other hand it seems stupid to leave huge gaps in my employment history.
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heh... If your resume includes a long list of companies that went bankrupt... well... heh... I hope you weren't management.
 
Originally posted by: dbk
Originally posted by: Tiamat
No user icon OP? Maybe just a glitch on my machine...

Anyways, you probably don't have to bring up the fact they are bankrupt. This probably will come up when you are asked for references.
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wow which avatar is the op using? I don't see it either.
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Did you read the op's sig? The lack of an avatar is intentional.
 
Originally posted by: Nik
Resume shouldn't go back more than 5 years unless it will specifically give you an edge over other applicants. There's nothing wrong with marking previous employers as no longer in business though.
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How long have you been working? Where do you get this? If I left off employment past 5 years, I would get asked by every employer what I did previously.

 
Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos
What are the rules/guidelines regarding past employers that no longer exist? I'm updating my resume and it seems silly to include names, addresses, phone numbers of companies that no longer exist. But on the other hand it seems stupid to leave huge gaps in my employment history.
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On the resume, you should list all of your pertinent employment. Name, city/state is all you need to list plus experience gained/accomplishments. No need to add phone numbers, etc.
 
Originally posted by: BassBomb
Why put their address on your resume?
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This. List the company, dates of employment, maybe the company's city/state, and describe what you did there. No reason to include their whole address.
 
Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
Are you supposed to put address and phone numbers on resumes? Thought it was just the name.
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i've never seen names/numbers of any past employers on a resume - just company name and location (city/state) is all I put - if they want to know who to contact they should ask you.
 
You still put them in. As long as there's some verifiable record that the company existed, and if it becomes a point of contention - if you have contact info for your old boss/coworker from there, it's all good. I have a similar problem on my resume - my father's company was my first payrolled job, he shut down when he retired. It's still relevant experience though, so I put it on there. People ask, I say they shut down when the owner retired (which was also my reason for seeking a new job later). Usually no further questions are asked about it.
 
As long as YOU aren't being blamed for them going belly-up...no problem. A simple explanation is usually good enough.
 
Originally posted by: Nik
Resume shouldn't go back more than 5 years unless it will specifically give you an edge over other applicants. There's nothing wrong with marking previous employers as no longer in business though.
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Well, that would pretty much leave my current job as the only one then....
 
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