Types of Resumes
This resume is prepared specifically for online use. It provides keywords that computers can recognize, and you write it in plain text format. You can write as a chronological, functional, hybrid, or targeted résumé.
What is an Electronic Resume
To get a job interview.
What is the purpose of a resume?
Your résumé should be lively. It should portray you as a dynamic person who has done many good things and can bring lots of value to an organization. For this reason, you should use these when describing your accomplishments in a print résumé.
What is use action verbs.
Collect all the information that might interest an employer.
What is gather your information?
This gives prospective employers further information about you that is not in your résumé. It points out items in your résumé that show why you could be of value to the organization.
What is a cover letter?
This resume type includes the title of the actual job or career you are seeking. It presents your qualifications in terms of the specific job you are applying for. This format is especially effective when you are interested in a particular job and need a separate résumé for it.
What is a targeted resume?
A brief summary of your work experience and qualifications.
What is a resume?
You’ll never impress an employer with vague phrases such as, “I am a great problem solver and a hard worker”—unless you follow up with proof to support them. Tell the prospective employer where and when you obtained your skills, and where and how long you used them. If you say you’re “detail oriented,” give an example of a situation in which you used that talent and describe its outcome.
What is give facts, figures, results, and numbers?
Put the information together based on the job you are applying for.
What is Organizing Your Information?
This is an instrument that gives employers a comprehensive picture of an applicant—including experience, education, and skills, and most importantly, concrete evidence of that applicant’s background.
What is a portfolio?
A combination of the chronological and functional formats. As in the functional résumé, you list skills you can offer an employer, and as in the chronological résumé, you list your work experience in reverse chronological order. In this type of resume you list the number of years you worked in a particular job rather than specific dates.
What is a hybrid resume?
Gives a potential employer a lot of information about you quickly and efficiently.
What does a resume do?
Preparing a résumé is not an exercise in fiction writing. It’s now easier than ever to verify facts, and more and more employers are checking résumés for accuracy.
What is be honest?
Once you’ve compiled your information and decided on the résumé style that best suits your job objective, you’re ready to this.
What is write the first draft?
Your résumé gives a potential employer a lot of information about you quickly and efficiently.
Why is it important to have a good resume?
This résumé arranges your information under skill headings, without focusing on dates. The headings will depend on your particular experience and skills. Examples of such headings might be “Administration,” “Sales,” or “Computer.” You might want to use this résumé if there are gaps in your employment record.
What is a functional resume?
Your age, marital status, social security number, etc.
What are things you do not put on a resume?
Don’t put anything that could be interpreted as criticism, conflict, or hostility on your résumé—especially criticism of a previous employer.
What is keep it positive?
The process of writing several drafts of your resume.
What is Revising and Proofreading?
A brief statement that describes the type of position you are seeking.
What is a job objective?
This résumé lists your jobs, education, and other relevant accomplishments in reverse chronological order. It begins with your current or most recent job and schooling, and works backward. This is the most common résumé type and is the easiest to write. Use it if you have clear progression of jobs and education and if there are no big gaps in your record.
What is a chronological resume?
This section lists all the jobs you’ve had—full-time, part-time, student, and co-op jobs, as well as internships.
What is employment history?
A résumé for a high school student should usually be just one page long. As you grow older and get more experience, you can expand it as needed.
What is keep it concise?
The part of the resume where you focus on how it looks.
What is Preparing the Final Copy?
A brief overview of your skills, experience, and knowledge.
What is a summary of qualifications?