DIFFERENT TYPES OF
RESUMES
There are three
basic types of resumes, chronological, functional, and
combined. This section describes each type of resume and
their advantages and disadvantages.
Chronological is
preferred by most employers because it clearly demonstrates your work
history and professional growth.
The chronological
format focuses on the chronology of your work history by
highlighting dates of employment, places of employment, and job
titles. This format directly ties responsibilities and accomplishments
to companies and time frames. This is usually the preferred
format if you are applying for a similar or more advanced position in
the same field. |
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Use this
format if:
·
You want to
highlight stability, consistency, growth, and
development in your career.
·
You are
looking for a similar or more senior position within the same industry.
·
You have job
titles that are impressive stepping stones and your most recent position
is the one most likely to impress prospective employers.
Advantages:
·
Enables
an employer to determine, at a glance, where and when you've
worked and what you accomplished at each job.
·
Is the most
common and widely accepted format.
·
Provides
the employer with a clear sense of your career progress.
Disadvantages:
·
Limited work
experience and employment gaps are obvious.
·
Could reveal a
history of changing jobs frequently.
·
Could
reveal if you were in a job too long or have a redundant work
history.
·
Does not
highlight skills and accomplishments as much as it highlights work history.
If you are changing careers,
or have gaps or other inconsistencies in your work history, a functional
resume is recommended. The functional format emphasizes your
skills, capabilities, and accomplishments, and de-emphasizes your job
titles, employers, and dates of employment. The functional format allows you
to prioritize your experience and accomplishments according to their
impact and significance, rather than chronology.
Use this format if you:
-
Have changed jobs
frequently in the past few years.
-
Have gaps in your
employment history.
-
Have limited work
experience in your job target.
-
Are changing careers.
-
Gained significant
experience outside your career path.
Advantages:
-
Highlights
accomplishments, skills, and experience most relevant to your career
objective.
-
Takes focus off gaps or
inconsistencies in your work history.
-
Draws from a range of
paid and non-paid experiences.
Disadvantages:
-
Experience is not
directly tied to specific job titles and dates of employment which can lead
employers to suspect you’re trying to hide something.
-
Does not emphasize
promotions and career growth.
-
Makes it difficult for
hiring managers to tell exactly what the candidate did in each job.
To highlight specific
skills, abilities or accomplishments, you could choose a combined format, which
adds sections for the areas you would like to emphasize at the top of your
resume. The combined format includes the traditional Experience section
of a chronological resume as well as the skills and accomplishments sections of
a functional resume. This format is the most flexible, allowing
you to highlight those sections of your resume that are most relevant to
your career objective. This is an increasingly popular format for
resumes.
Use this format if you:
-
Are a senior-level
professional or executive and have significant accomplishments.
-
Want to highlight your
relevant abilities during a career transition.
-
Are targeting
your resume to fit specific job requirements while displaying the continuity
of your career history.
-
Want to emphasize skills
and abilities you have not used in recent jobs.
-
Have been free-lancing,
consulting, or performing temporary work.
Advantages
-
Highlights your primary
skills and accomplishments at the top of your resume.
-
Format can be arranged
to emphasize both skills and abilities or work history, whichever is most
appropriate for your career objective.
-
Group qualifications
into categories that relate directly to your career objective.
Disadvantages
-
Resume could become
longer than necessary and lose the employer’s interest.
-
Resume may contain
redundant information.
ability |
képesség |
according
to ... |
...
szerint |
advantage |
előny |
appropriate |
megfelelő |
at a
glance |
egy
szempillantás alatt |
capability |
adottság,
képesség |
chronological |
időrendi |
combined |
kombinált |
consistency |
állandóság |
development |
Ffejlődés |
disadvantage |
hátrány |
flexible |
rugalmas,
flexibilis |
frequently |
gyakran |
functional |
funkcionális |
gap |
űr, üres
hely hézag |
growth |
növekedés |
impact |
hatás,
behatás |
impressive |
impresszív |
inconsistency |
ellentmondás |
increasingly popular |
egyre
népszerűbb |
likely |
valószínű |
objective |
cél |
obvious |
egyértelmű |
promotion |
előléptetés |
prospective |
leendő |
recommended |
ajánlott |
redundant |
fölösleges |
relevant |
fontos,
lényeges (vmire vonatkozólag) |
significance |
fontosság,
jelentőség |
stability |
stabilitás |
stepping
stone |
mérföldkő
(átvitt értelem) |
the most
common |
a
legelterjedtebb |
time frame |
időhatár |
to
accomplish |
végrehajt,
teljesít |
to allow
to sth |
megengedni
valakinek |
to
describe |
leír,
körülír |
to
determine |
meghatároz |
to
emphasize |
felnagyít,
kiemel |
to enable |
képessé
tesz |
to focus
on sth |
kiemelni
vmit, koncentrálni vmire |
to
highlight |
kiemel,
kihangsúlyoz |
to impress |
lenyűgöz |
to
prioritize |
előbbre
hoz, kiemel |
to provide |
lehetővé
tesz |
to reveal |
feltár,
megmutat |
to target |
megcéloz |
traditional |
hagyományos |
widely
accepted |
széleskörben elfogadott |
Source
http://www.resumemaker.com/help/Resume_Types.htm
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