Types of Resumes

A resume is a marketing brochure for yourself and an impression you leave behind!

Listed below are three types of resumes:

1. Chronological

• Focuses attention on work experience.
• Highlights
  • Employer
  • Job Responsibilities
  • Job Title
  • Contributions

Advantageous When:

• Your career history shows growth and development.
• Your job objective is similar to your recent experience.
• Your previous employers have been prestigious.
• You are applying for a position in a highly traditional career.

Less Advantageous When:

• Your work history is spotty.
• Your objective is different from your experience.
• You have changed jobs frequently.
• You have had periods when you were absent from the job market.

Sample

2. Functional

• Emphasizes strengths.
• Focuses attention on technical and functional skills.
• De-emphasizes employment history.
• Lists areas of expertise, highlighting accomplishments.

Advantageous When:

• Your objective is different from your experience.
• You want to emphasize skills/abilities not used in recent work experience.
• You are entering after an absence in the job market.

Less Advantageous When:

• Your previous employers have been prestigious.
• You need to focus on the pattern of your career growth.
• You are applying for a position in a highly traditional career.

Sample

3. Combination

• Combines elements of the chronological and functional resumes.
• Communicates and highlights your qualifications and transferable skills.

Advantageous When:

• You want to reposition your career.
• You need to focus on transferable and preferred skills.
• You want to explore new career options.
• You want to create a resume to use in information/networking interviews.

Less Advantageous When:

• The profession requires a specific resume format.

Sample

For additional assistance with your resume, SCC students and alumni can call 636-922-8241 to schedule an appointment with a career counselor.  Or, go to one of these informative resume websites:

• http://www.GotResumeBuilder.com
• http://www.bestsampleresume.com