Employment History

Unlike your education details, your employment history should appear in reverse chronological order with your current/most recent position being listed first.

In this section include names of employers, dates (again, always include months and years), position held and details of the work you have undertaken.

If you have undertaken any studies while being employed, you should mention that, eg. “Corporate Associate (full-time while studying part-time).”.

Do not:

• Leave out any period of employment for whatever reason. It is important to ensure that your time is accounted for.
  
  
• Give reasons for leaving any of the jobs on your CV. This is something which is generally much better left explained in person at an interview.
  
  
• Embellish your CV or be economical with the truth (i.e. overstating your experience, accomplishments or, if you chose to include it, current salary level).

EXAMPLE:

AUGUST 2001 TO PRESENT                                  STONE & HAMMER, BEDROCK

September 2003 to present – Associate Solicitor, Litigation Department
August 2001 to August 2003 – Trainee Solicitor

September 2003 to present

Litigation Department

• Currently acting for a multinational car manufacturing company in an ICC arbitration (governed by Dutch Law) relating to defective brake discs.
  
  
• Currently acting for a multinational company in a dispute relating to attempts to exclude the company from certain markets.
  
  
• Currently acting for an international contractor in a dispute against a Singaporean government authority relating to the construction of a large sewage system.
  
  
• Acted for a multinational telecommunications company in arbitration proceedings (governed by German Law) arising out of a service contract dispute.
  
  
• Acted for a Russian multinational company in arbitration proceedings brought against a Thai company for the wrongful rejection of engineering works.
  
  
• Acted for a British company in arbitration proceedings brought against a Belgium company arising from a software system dispute.

August 2001 to August 2003

Litigation Department (fourth seat – 6 months)

• Involved in various civil disputes, including insolvency and arbitration cases; assisted with bankruptcy and winding-up cases; conducted substantive research on a wide variety of legal issues; drafted a wide array of pleadings and witness statements; attended numerous short interlocutory applications at Court.

Finance Department (third seat – 6 months)

• Involved in a large project financing and assisted with a high value financial restructuring; drafted documents for loan transactions; drafted various documents for the restructuring project; completed numerous Companies Registry security registration forms.

Corporate Services and Financial Markets Department (second seat – 6 months)

• Assisted with due diligence and prepared due diligence reports for various acquisition transactions, worked on the IPO due diligence exercise for a large bank; assisted in drafting numerous joint venture agreements; conducted research on various regulatory issues.

Capital Markets Department (first seat – 6 months)

• Involved in a number of stand-alone Regulation S bonds issue transactions; assisted in the closing of various bonds issues and securitisation transactions.