http://ayesharesumes.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/chronological-functional-or-combination/ Professional Resume Service & Advice Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:55:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://ayesharesumes.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/chronological-functional-or-combination/#comment-41 Most Common Resume Writing Mistake « Stepping Up To A Better Career Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:46:07 +0000 http://ayesharesumes.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-41 [...] 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?). [...] [...] 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?). [...]

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