In my mind it's a fetish for women -- a vibrator/play thing.

Yup.

Strega "Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!" May 16, 2008 8:25:21 am PDT

Now I have a job in front of me I can't apply for because it wants the start and end dates of all the projects I've worked on. I have no idea. I've worked on tens of projects. No one told me to take notes. Why can't they just look at my resume for the basics?

I'd just ballpark it and explain when you get to that point.

Each response must include the name(s) and address (es) of your employer(s), your job title(s), beginning and ending dates and the functions performed

Emphasis theirs. And I can't even ballpark most of it. All I've done for 20 years is project after overlapping project. I could only date the last two. I don't want to be that applicant who submits like she thinks she's special.

I have had an apple and a piece of cheese today. I want my appetite back.

Are projects equivalent to employers here? Either way, yeah, that's a tough situation.

Are projects equivalent to employers here?

Nope. Multiple per. The last job only had two, so it's easier, but the rest are a blur and pretty much always were. I can list them and give overviews, but that's it.

Get one of the resume people here to manage it. I'm not one, though I wish I was.

Just discovered I don't have one of my fav U2 albums. Lost in interview days when the hotel stole my cd case. Gotta love iTunes and dsl.

Weather is noisy and bad sounding. Praying for closures not liberal leave.

That reads to me like beginning and ending dates of employment, not each specific project, though.

That reads to me like beginning and ending dates of employment, not each specific project, though.

The form says:

List each specific experience separately even if they were for the same employer.

That's a pretty unreasonable expectation. I got nothing if they're expecting beginning and ending dates for each and not just time with employer. A hard thing to verify, too, I would imagine.