How to put self-employment on a resume

This is helpful if you have more than one self-employment experience you want to include on your resume. Create a header with self-employment in the title and list your self-employment jobs in sequential order, with the most recent one being first.

However, if you have only completed one self-employment job, you can list this after all of your professional work experience in your employment history section.

If self-employment is the only professional experience you have, you can lead with this on your resume, and follow with education history, awards and achievements, references, etc.

• Write about your self-employment like any other job

Include your self-employment title. This gives specifics to your role and gives potential employers a better idea of your skill set.

Next include the company's name, location, and the start and end dates of your self-employment. You can simplify the dates by using a specific season along with the year, such as Summer 2022.

Then should list your responsibilities and tasks performed. This can be done with between three to five bullet points.

You can also include any of your achievements you may have gotten while working as an independent contractor for a company, or any accomplishments you have gained totally independent of an employer.

It is important to focus on the skills you gained and specific tasks you completed during your self-employment experiences that relate to the job you are seeking to obtain.

If you are having trouble narrowing this down, list all of your responsibilities and skills and then reference the job listings you are applying for. Decide which ones are relevant and essential to include and add those to the resume.