Resumes

A resume is a marketing tool utilized to promote your talents and skills to potential employers. Varying resume formats exist such as: chronological, functional, combined, and scan-ready.  Please click on the links provided below for examples of each resume format.

• A chronological resume is used most often by college graduates and people who are changing their careers.  Chronological resumes show detailed job information, in reverse chronological order.
  
  
• Functional resumes emphasize skills acquired rather than your past job positions.  However, employers are not fond of this format because it can be difficult to verify information of a job applicant.
  
  
• In a combined resume, aspects of chronological and functional formats are brought together.  This may contain shorter work experience descriptions with a Summary of Qualifications to include skills, credentials, and accomplishments.
  
  
• Scan-ready resumes can use any of the resume types described above, but with out any formating but do not contain bullets, boldface, underlining, special fonts/formatting, italics, designs, etc. In order to be electronically scanned (fax, email, or for uploading into resume tracking software).

As for content within any resume, you may need to alter the objective statement for each type of position of interest.  Target your resume by emphasizing qualifications most relevant to each job position. Avoid pronouns and use short phrases rather than complete sentences, begin your phrases with action verbs.  Professional references are usually provided on a separate sheet with a resume.  However, you must request permission from potential references prior to placing them on your reference list. This will avoid potential awkward situations in the future when employers call your references to verify and gain additional information.

Resume Guidelines