Chronological resumes… Functional resumes… are things of the past. If you are still using these two formats or trying to decide between them, then you are not giving your resume a chance to succeed. Now, employees are being advised to use combination resumes.
What is a combination resume?
A combination resume has become the new format used by resume writers for the past three to five years. A combination resume takes the positives of both the functional resume and the chronological resume and puts them all into a nice little grouping. I advise most of of my clients to use a combination resume because it allows them to highlight their qualifications AND their skill sets.
If your resume is ONLY chronological or functional, you might want to ask your resume writer is their a better alternative…
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[...] If you are looking to change careers, but haven’t found a career that best suits your personality, then you can greate a typical functional resume. This resume looks at the skills you possess and groups them according to transitional categories. For example, a customer service professional looking to transition into an IT professional, can clump her skills into: Technology, Communication, and Collaboration. Then under each subfield, she would put her work and educational experiences into each category. If an IT hiring manager is looking for those three categories, she will definitely stop to look at this person’s resume. However, be forewarned, that many employees are leery of resumes that are only functional (see Chronological? Functional? Or Combination?). [...]