Combining sequential employments into "one" section under Work/Activities

[throwaway77]

hey,

i might be jumping the gun on this but i was wondering if it is okay to combine sequential employments into "1" activity under the work/employment section?

i.e. Title - "Postgraduation Employment"
Description:
2011-2012 i worked at one company - brief info - contact
2012-2013 i worked at another company - brief info - contact
2014-onwards i will be working at yet another company - brief info - contact

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[Pacna]

I think for the most part that section is what you make of it, so I think this would be fine. Do you really have that many activities that you have to group these, though?

 

[Catalystik]

I agree that it's fine to group them, with virtually no description if they're self explanatory and won't add much to your application, eg don't include a leadership component.

 

[terp720]

I grouped a ton of my activities, so far no one has said anything about it. Check out this thread as well! http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/official-amcas-work-activities-tips-thread-2012-2013.896983/ I structured mine similar to the example in the 2nd post.

 

[kyamh]

I grouped many things in my application and no one has said anything at interviews. The problem I ran into, however, was the fact that I kept running up against the character count to just list everything with the dates and contact - definitely start writing these things out and compare them to the 750 (or something) character count you are allowed (counting spaces).

 

[throwaway77]

thanks for the feedback guys.

the reason i want to combine activities is largely because I had to move a bit and I dont want my application to come across as a series of "1 year" commitments. i want to convey that i was committed to the of idea of working, volunteering, etc but had to change the actual organization due to geographical locations.