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Different Types of R ésumé and When to Use Them

Chronological résumé

Habitually used résumé format that does not always make the main target easier: TO OBTAIN

AN INTERIE!

The a"ademi" edu"ation #in"luding masters and seminaries$ and the e%&erien"e a&&ear in in'erse

"hronologi"al order( beginning by the &resent or last work and later the &re'ious ones( and

finishing with the studies:

)isad'antages of this format: it shows the &eriods of ina"ti'ity #months( years$ and*or the 'ery

fre+uent "hanges of work, This often makes the "andidate "o'er these s&a"es with irrele'ant

information for the &osition,

It em&hasi-es the &erson.s &rogression in work: &romotion and in"rease of res&onsibilities are

refle"ted( whi"h has the disad'antage of showing if a &erson( although 'ery effe"ti'e in his or her work and satisfied with their role( has not as"ended or taken more res&onsibilities,

When to use the chronological résumé

If you ha'e a good &rofessional e%&erien"e,

If you ha'en.t had &eriods without work,

If you ha'e not "hanged /obs mu"h,

If you are looking for work in the same ty&e of se"tor,

If you ha'e worked in an im&ortant "om&any and you think that this re&resents 0a good "alling"ard1,

Advantages: 

The format is traditional and a""e&ted by most of the sele"tion de&artments,

Easy to read and understand,

It shows your /ob stability,

It refle"ts your in"rease of res&onsibilities and*or &romotion,

It em&hasi-es the ty&e of &osition and the "om&anies in whi"h you ha'e worked,

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It des"ribes your roles and a"hie'ements,

Disadvantages:

It em&hasi-es your "hange of "om&any,

It may fo"us too mu"h on your age,

It may show a la"k of re"y"ling or u&dating training,

It refle"ts the ga&s in work a"ti'ity,

Functional résumé

The résumé fun"tional a'oids the disad'antages of the "hronologi"al résumé ty&e and fa"ilitates

the e%hibition of abilities and a"hie'ements obtained( although the dates in the work e%&erien"e

are not "ontinuous( hel&ing to disguise the &eriods of ina"ti'ity or su""essi'e similar /obswithout &romotion, The fun"tional résumé ty&e is used when you want to highlight the

 &rofessional "areer or enter a totally different a"ti'ity in whi"h the ty&e of "om&any and*or

studies is not rele'ant but the abilities( "a&a"ities and ty&e of work are,

You can use the functional résumé: 

If you want to em&hasi-e your abilities o'er the duration of your work e%&erien"e,

If you want to return to the /ob market after a &eriod of ina"ti'ity,

If there are many &eriods of unem&loyment between ea"h /ob,

If you ha'e "hanged /obs +uite often,

If you are looking for a /ob in a "om&letely different se"tor,

If you think that your age "an be a barrier #0'ery young( 'ery old0$,

If you ha'e worked as a freelan"e * self2em&loyed,

If you ha'e /ust graduated( without e%&erien"e,

If you ha'e had military e%&erien"e or 'olunteered,

If you ha'e been a businessman,

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Advantages

It shows the &erson.s "a&a"ities and strengths,

It allows you to refle"t the abilities and knowledge that are more rele'ant to the &osition youwant to obtain,

It eliminates the role re&etition in similar &ositions,

3le%ibility to &resent *dis&lay your &erson and a"hie'ements obtained

4seful in new te"hnologies( Internet( tele"ommuni"ations( media( &ubli"ity,,,,

5ou "an s&eak of abilities( interests( moti'ations( that you do not always use in your work( but

whi"h may be useful,

Disadvantages:

It does not em&hasi-e the names of the "om&anies for whi"h you ha'e worked,

The &eriod of time in ea"h &osition is not im&ortant,

It limits the des"ri&tion of the &osition and its res&onsibilities,

Comined résumé

6ombined résumé format mi%es the &re'ious formats #"hronologi"al résumé and fun"tionalrésumé$, The résumé begins with the fun"tional format résumé and finishes with the

"hronologi"al format résumé, The "ombined résumé format is more diffi"ult to write and more

"om&le% but it has the ad'antage of em&hasising the e%&erien"e and abilities that the "andidatesha'e towards the new &osition they are a&&lying for( as well as to refle"t in a dynami" format

their e%&erien"e and training,

Advantages

It shows 'ery "learly that you know what you want to do and that you ha'e the "a&abilities

ne"essary to "arry out the &osition,

It in"ludes the se"tion 07oals A"hie'ed0,

It allows more fle%ibility and "reati'ity in refle"ting abilities,

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It hel&s to obtain a &arti"ular &osition( something you "an.t a"hie'e by lea'ing your résumé or

6 in a database #8$ #'ery usual at /obsites$,

Disadvantages

5ou need a different summary for ea"h /ob that you "hoose, It is time2"onsuming,

It eliminates information on your abilities and e%&erien"e that you may &refer to e%"lude if youare a&&lying for more than one &osition in the same "om&any,

!ersonal data

2 "ssential: 3ull name( date of birth( address and tele&hone #landline and*or mobile$ and email ifyou ha'e,

2 #ot necessary nor compulsory: "i'il status( "hildren( age( ra"e( religious beliefs,

2 $D or passport is not ne"essary( but it is "ertain that there are "om&anies whose "om&uterised

database re+uires the introdu"tion of and I) in order to store the rest of the data,

2 #ationality and %or& permits: it de&ends on the &la"e where you ha'e "hosen to work, If it is

9&ain and you are either a 9&aniard or a Euro&ean 4nion "iti-en( /ust state your nationality,

Other nationals need to state if they ha'e a residen"y or a work &ermit,

2 !hotograph: it is not ne"essary to send it( e%"e&t at the re+uest of the "om&any making the

sele"tion,