What Resume Fits Me? by Rebecca Adams

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What Resume Fits Me?

by Rebecca Adams - 2011-07-15

"Have you ever wondered what type of resume suits you? Here's a few ways to pick."

If you have had MANY experiences and can pull together several concrete task-oriented skills (such as the arts, technology) from each of these experiences, I would suggest a skills-based resume. In this resume, you highlight all of your skills into themes and then list your jobs chronologically more toward the end of the resume.

For a brand-new graduate with little to no direct job experience, I would suggest an education-based resume that highlights strongly the elements of your education (classes, projects, specific skill sets) and accomplishments surrounding your schooling (awards, activities, internship).

If you have only had a few jobs that are quite different from each other but have had some very good skills development within each of them but still need to pull out transitional skills, I would consider a combination resume. In this resume, you highlight your strong points overall, then you list your three-four jobs and then you add on different sections of skills like computer skills, Community Involvement, Languages, professional associations. What you are trying to accomplish is showing accomplishment/success in one field and the ability to excel in another.

If you have had very important job titles or companies in your background and it is important to show a progression of higher career responsibilities then go with the traditional chronological resume. Those fairly young in their career as a rule should not use a chronological. Those with great titles and great companies that need to be noticed benefit from a chronological.

If you have only worked for one company and moved up through it, then you could probably consider a chronological resume.

If you have been entirely in one field of work your entire career, a chronological, skills-based or combination resume would probably work, depending on your field.

By Rebecca Adams, M.S. HR Development and Counseling and Work-Life Balance Consultant/Owner of Adams at Work, Inc. www.adamsatwork.com

Rebecca's blog: adamsatwork.wordpress.com