Differences between "now", "present", "recent" and "current"

Question

When writting a resume, we may put the duration of our current job like this:

2012 to Present --------- Job ---------Company

How about using now instead in this case?

And when used as adjectives, what are the differences between them? (except for now, which is not an adjective)

Rephrase the question, something like "why present, why not now in this expression?" and post it on ELL -- not here. All the best. — Kris, Mar 16 '13 at 13:45
I'm not down voting or voting to close. May be suitable for ELL. — Kris, Mar 16 '13 at 13:45
should I just delete this question or is there a way to move it to ELL? — zwangxian, Mar 16 '13 at 15:50

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 16 '13 at 11:49

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I usually word it as: 2012 - current, which means it's still in the present time.

answered Mar 16 '13 at 11:49

amanda witt

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-1 Why? Anything in support? – Kris Mar 16 '13 at 13:46
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Using a hyphen like that is wrong. – RegDwigнt Mar 16 '13 at 14:29
then how about using ~ instead? (don't know how to call this symbol) – zwangxian Mar 16 '13 at 15:26
One uses en dashes (–) to separate ranges. – tchrist Mar 16 '13 at 15:32

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