Resume Format Sample

Functional Resume Format

Often organized by skills and job functions.
Your employment history is listed as a separate section.
College students should consider using a functional format, especially if their work experience is very diverse and/or unrelated to the position they are applying to.

Chronological Resume Format

Often organized by experience: job/company/responsibilities/accomplishments.
Actually listed in reverse chronological order, last to first.
Used by most job seekers.

Skills Based or Targeted Resume Format

As resume writing experts we suggest you create a different resume for each position you apply for.

The resume is organized by skills and functions from previous work experience.
The targeted resume format focuses on a specific, targeted position (often from a job listing.)
You may avoid doing a targeted skills based resume for every different job by creating a targeted cover letter.

The resume format you decide to use should always have two objectives. To put you, your experience and skills in the very best light and get the interview. If your resume is not getting you interviews you need to make changes and make a new resume.

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