Good afternoon all,
Sincere apologies in advance if this question has already been answered. I have recently started working on my PER, but I am slightly confused about what I should include in my employment history.
In short, I have more than seven years of experience in finance roles. However, it is during the last six years that I have held positions with significant responsibilities and achievements. During this period, I worked in three different roles. The first was a Finance Manager position, which I held for 3.5 years and during which I completed a wide range of projects and responsibilities. Following that, I worked for 1.5 years as a Management Accountant in a business that unfortunately experienced significant financial difficulties, and I am not even sure whether it still exists.
Although I gained experience in that role, I did not have many opportunities to take ownership of projects or develop examples that I could easily expand into Core Activities and Skills & Behaviours. In contrast, in my current role as a Finance Manager, I have already achieved as much as I did in my previous Finance Manager position.
My main questions are:
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In my employment history, should I include only my previous Finance Manager role (3.5 years) and my current Finance Manager role, where I have substantial examples of tasks, achievements, skills, and behaviours? Or do I also need to include my Management Accountant role?
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As mentioned above, I did complete some tasks and achievements as a Management Accountant. However, I am not sure whether my former line manager is still with the company, and I find it difficult to expand my experience there into detailed Core Activities and Skills & Behaviours examples. Do I still need to include this role in my employment history? If I have already covered the required years of experience, is it acceptable to focus only on my role from three years ago, or should I include both my previous and current Finance Manager roles?
If I need to include all of my recent roles, can I use examples only from my two Finance Manager positions, or do I also need to provide examples from my Management Accountant role?
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In summary, does every role included in the employment history need to have at least one example of a Core Activity and/or a Skill & Behaviour? Or is it acceptable to include roles in the employment history while focusing my detailed examples on the positions where I have stronger and more comprehensive experience?
Thank you in advance for your guidance.
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Ioannis Argyriou
Strategic Business Coaching Limited (A-1960164)
London
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