Chapter 15 Short summary

ORGANIZING YOUR RÉSUMÉ AROUND YOUR STRENGTHS

  This part has three different ways to organize your resume.

  The Chronological   Resume

 In this way, the work experience section dominates and is placed after your contact information and introductory statement. Is the most common way to organize a résumé, and many employers prefer this format because it presents your professional history in a clear.  You must develop a list of your work experience starting with the most recent. For each job, start by listing the employer’s name and location, your official job title, and the dates you held the position. next, highlight your accomplishments.   

The Functional Résumé

 A  functional résumé or skills résumé,  emphasizes your skills and capabilities,  employers and academic experience in subordinate sections. The functional has three advantages: Without having to read through job descriptions, employers can see what you can do for them, you can emphasize earlier job experience, and  you can deemphasize any lengthy unemployment or lack of career progress.

   The Combination Résumé

 This way has the skills focus with the job history focus of the chronological format. The chief advantage of this format is that it allows you to focus attention on your capabilities when you don’t have a long or steady employment history, without raising concerns that you might be hiding something about your past.

ADDRESSING AREAS OF CONCERN

  ●   frequent job changes. If you’ve had a number of short-term jobs of a similar type, try to group them under a single heading

●   Gaps in work history.   Mention relevant experience such as volunteer or community work.  

●   Inexperience.  Mention related volunteer work and membership in professional groups.

   ●   Over qualification.   Tone down your résumé, focusing exclusively on the experience and skills 

that relate to the position.   

●   Long-term employment with one company. Itemize each position held at the firm to show both professional growth.

●   Job termination for cause. Be honest with interviewers and address their concerns with proof, such as recommendations and examples of completed projects.   

  ●   Criminal record. Use the interview process to explain any mitigating circumstances and to emphasize your rehabilitation and commitment to being a law-abiding.