Omitting Work Experience from Resume

I was with a small consulting firm initially for 2 years and then switched to a similar firm for about 5 months and then went back to the original firm for an additional 2 years before moving on. Curious how to display this on a resume, they were the same title i.e. consultant. Is it ok to just put this all under the first firm or will this come up in a background check if I were to land an offer? I don't want to have separate sections as I have no more room on my resume...

I look at a resume as a sales document but after browsing the forum I see a few people have gotten into trouble with this sort of thing.

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Thanks - that's what I think too, but saw some thread from 1.5 yrs ago where some guy got his offer rescinded because he left experience off his resume.. which is ridiculous, it's not a legal document, it's a document to highlight your experiences and sell yourself.

Mind if I ask the size of the firms you recruited with? Worried about getting flagged at a BB firm as I'm sure they do quite thorough checks.

 

I’ve never seen someone run into an issue for leaving OFF experience from their resume. this 5 month thing is definitely awkward but I would have your main job dates from like X-Y and then Z-W and have 1 bullet in that section addressing the 5 months at a different consultancy. yes you’re wasting a bullet point but it’s definitely not going to cause you any issues with background checks down the line

 

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