Dear Cindy – Showing a Temporary Promotion on a CV

• If you use a functional style résumé, this is something you would foreground in the area discussing your skills and/or accomplishments.

• If you choose a combination style résumé, you would include it in the summary of your skills/accomplishments, which is placed before your chronological experience.

• If you choose a combination or chronological style résumé, you would also include it when you list this job. Depending on your individual style, and/or the amount of space you have available, you could do something understated, such as a summary line within the overall write-up for this employer, e.g. "Between October 2004 and April 2005, was acting supervisor of microbiology (or whatever bench/lab). Additional duties included …" Alternately, you could foreground it by listing it as a separate job under the same employer.