Do I need to add dates of my work history?

Do I need to add dates of my work history?

Rod Cornwell (International Director, Thomas International) gives expert video advice on: What information should be at the top of my CV?; What information should be in the main body of my CV?; What information should I not put on my CV? and more...

It's very important that you put the correct dates of your work history on your CV. The one thing that employers don't want to see is gaps. If you finished a job in a certain month, put the month that you finished. If there's a gap of three months or four months between starting a new job, put on your CV that you were unemployed, or that you went travelling, etc. An employer does not want to see a gap on a CV. The reason for that is they will suspect that maybe something else is going on. They don't need to have to probe into those sorts of areas.