11th March 2011, 03:39 PM
This is often a security-based question, if you see what I mean, rather than an employment-type question, so dates are key. However, for stuff something like 15 or more years ago I usually round it all off to the nearest month eg July 1978 - September 1979, to the best of my memory. Unless it's for MI6 they probably won't really check, but you should stick to the spririt of the thing. Five years worth of very short contracts is a problem though! I agree that the combination of yours and Wax's methods is best, it shows that you can account for your time and have not been away at a terrorist training camp or in prison or something.