RWS: Q4L4

• Resume


  A document that contains a brief account of a person's education, skills, work experience, and other qualifications
• Resume


  • Usually sent along with job applications, and sometimes with school applications as well
  • Allows school admissions officers and hiring officers to assess your experience and determine how you will contribute to their organization
• Functions of a resume


  • Informs employers of the skills that you can bring to the company
  • Shows how qualified you are for the job
  • As a persuasive document that allows you to proceed to the next stage of the recruitment process, the interview
• Components of a resume


  • Contact information
  • Summary of qualifications
  • Objective statement
  • Employment history
  • Education
  • Others if applicable
• There are a variety of types of resumes for the appropriate job
• Contact information (name, address, contact number, email address)
• Summary of qualifications (one to four strong sentences that highlight experiences and accomplishments, written in the third person active voice)
• Objective statement (job title, function, industry)
• Employment history (recent and relevant experiences)
• Education (educational attainment from recent, years attended or year of graduation, name and address of the school, degree and specialization)
• Others if applicable (Skills and training, professional licensure and certifications, organizations, honors and awards, references and signatures)
• Types of Resume:

  1. Reverse Chronological Resume
  2. Functional Resume
  3. Targeted Resume
  4. Combined Resume
• Reverse Chronological Resume

  • listed in reverse (company and job title, dates of employment responsibilities and accomplishments)
  • favored by employers it being straightforward
  • best for applicants with steady career progression, in business, in government, and whose employer is a respected name
• Functional Resume

  • focuses on skills

  • best for job-hoppers, career changers, new graduates, or people with minimal work experience
• Targeted Resume

  • contains career objective you want to achieve
  • is written to match point-for-point an offered specific job
  • best for people with only one career pattern and multitrack job history
• Combined Resume

  • contains both the features of the reverse chronological and functional type.
• TYPE OF RESUMES

  • Chronological

  Best for those whose work history is very closely related to the desired job

  • Functional / Skills Format

  Best for those who want to highlight their skills and people who are seeking a career change

  • Combination

  Best for those who have a mix of relevant skills and similar work experiences