If you have been promoted or otherwise moved within your company, here’s the best way to present those moves without looking like a job-hopper.
Job-hopping is conventionally defined as moving rapidly from one job to another, staying at each job for a relatively brief time.
Although this practice is more common than it used to be, it can still raise doubts in a prospective employer’s mind about whether to invest substantial sums in hiring, on-boarding, training, and retaining you.
To show promotions and other internal moves without looking like a job-hopper, you show your total tenure at your company, with the title/company name/location flush left and the dates of your total tenure there flush right.
You present each role within the company below that, indenting the title from the left and the dates from the right.
XYZ Corporation, Somewhere, MS 2010 to present
[www.XYZCorporation.com]
Director, Safety Systems 2020 to present
- Xxx
- Xxx
- Xxx
Associate Director, Aviation Safety Systems 2015 to 2020
- Xxx
- Xxx
- Xxx
Assistant Director, Fuselage Safety Systems2010 to 2015
- Xxx
- Xxx
- Xxx
This clearly demonstrates that these moves were within one company.
Another way to accomplish this is by capitalizing (and even bolding) the name of the company and not indenting the titles of the various roles:
XYZ CORPORATION, Somewhere, MS2010 to present
[www.XYZCorporation.com]
Director, Safety Systems2020 to present
- Xxx
- Xxx
- Xxx
and so forth
These formatting options clearly demonstrate that you were not a job-hopper..
For further reading
“How To Effectively Show Promotions On Your Resume,” by Job Success Network, March 27, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y2-FFGH3fg
“How To Show Multiple Jobs At Same Company On Resume,” by Sharon Smith, September 7, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XANzwo2_-Xs
“HOW TO SHOW MULTIPLE JOBS AT THE SAME COMPANY ON YOUR RESUME.” by KISSS Career Coaching, October 2, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgBmOPSxhzA