Resume formats

04.02.2011 | Author: kasturisharma05 | Posted in Resumes
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Writing a good resume requires an excellent understanding to put up the information in an appealing format. Your resume is treated as the first source of information about you. You have to think on various aspects before writing the resume.

Factors to be Considered While Writing a Resume

  • Type of resume
  • Length of resume
  • Wording of resume

As far as length of the resume is concerned, it should not exceed two pages. Most commonly noticed mistake is the candidate writes irrelevant information. Many people follow the practice as they write separate resume for different positions, if the person is multi skilled. So that he/she can focus on the relevant skills. As far as the wording of the resume is concerned, it should be assertive and grammatically correct.There are different resume formats are available for resume writing.

There are various types of resumes. Resume writing guide helps in writing the resume selecting the best suited type of resume.

Types of Resume

  • Chronological Resume: A chronological resume has details about your objective, skill sets, educational details and experience history in a chronological order. The experience details are mentioned in the reverse sequential order, i.e. from latest to previous. This type of resume is best suited for the people with very good work experience.
  • Functional Resume: If a person wants to enter a new field, or if there is a gap in his/her career, functional resume is best suited for that. He/she can emphasize on the skill set and relevant experience in particular field. If a person does not posses  pretty good years of experience, he/she can be successful to establish his/her skills, expertise and experience suited for particular job profile
  • Combination Resume: Combination resume blends the best parts of the chronological resume and functional resume. It emphasizes on skills and relevant experience and then elaborates about the total work history
  • Targeted Resume: Targeted resume is specifically written for particular job profile. The skills, educational details, projects undertaken, relevant experience are highlighted to make the resume customized or targeted

Writing a resume won’t be difficult any more. You can decide the type of resume that is best suited to express you as the eligible contender for the particular job.

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