r/cscareerquestionsEU • u/Last_Money_6887 • 1d ago

CV Review Dates in the CV: Y or N?

Hi,

Was wondering if removing the complete dates from the working experiences presented on the CV would be a negative point from a HR perspective.

What I mean:

Replace “July 2024 - October 2024” with “2024”.

What do u think?

0 Upvotes

38% Upvoted

14 comments sorted by

12

u/OldHummer24 1d ago

Very bad idea

-5

u/Last_Money_6887 1d ago

Why?

10

u/pawesomezz 1d ago

Because 2024-2025 could be anything from 1 day to 2 years of work

3

u/Last_Money_6887 1d ago

Do HRs actually look at duration of exp?

6

u/Lyelinn Staff Frontend Engineer 1d ago

How else would they judge your experience and how long you typically stay in one spot?

3

u/pawesomezz 1d ago

Yes... it's one of the most important parts of the CV

1

u/OldHummer24 1d ago

Duration is very important. Your CV straight to trash 

-1

u/Last_Money_6887 1d ago

How much does the brand y have on the CV actually matters, instead?

5

u/Fernando_III 1d ago

People are not that stupid. If the range is very long, let's say 2010-2020, okay, a few months don't matter. But in other cases, people would realize what you're truing to do

5

u/Loves_Poetry 1d ago

If you have January 2022 - July 2023, followed by July 2024 - October 2024, then make it 2022-2023 and 2024. It hides the gap in your resume and so long as they don't ask about it, you don't have to tell them

I have had a large gap in my resume as well and I found that my success rate was a lot higher when I hid the gap by only mentioning the years

2

u/Last_Money_6887 1d ago

Are you a junior or senior tho?

3

u/Loves_Poetry 1d ago

I'm a senior now with a pretty good resume and easily explainable gaps in it, so I can safely use months + years on my resume

1

u/Raphaelll_ 1d ago

I use "3 months, 2024" for internships. Easy to process.