Before you apply for a job it is important to consider what style of resume you are going to submit to the employer. There are a few different types of resumes to choose from:
Chronological Resume: Highlights your work history at the beginning, listing your most recent work experience first, followed by the rest of your work experience. Functional Resume: Emphasizes your skills and abilities, instead of focusing on your work history. Job seekers who may choose this style of resume include those who are changing careers or who have gaps throughout their career history. Combination Resume: Focuses on your skills and experience. These items come first on this sort of resume. This style of resume gives you the opportunity to feature the skills you have that are relevant to the job you are applying for, and also provide a chronological work history. Non-traditional Resume: Still list and highlight your skills and abilities, just in a different way. Non-traditional resumes include:
When you look at resumes you will see that some include: Objective- is a specific sentence that states your “career direction” while also highlighting you as the right person for the job you are applying to. This is what Network Services & Consulting Corporation has to say about objectives: Learn how to correctly and effectively write resume objective statements. Objection! How NOT to Start Your Resume by Kevin Donlin Well begun is half-done. But far too many resumes begin with objective statements that can only be described as ... half-baked. As a professional resume writer, I review and analyze nearly 2,000 resumes each year. And the opening objective is an area where almost everyone could use a little help with their resume. To show you what I mean, here are three example objectives from actual resumes sent to me for analysis by job seekers just like you. (My comments are in parentheses.) OBJECTIVE To obtain a responsible (as opposed to irresponsible?) and challenging (what, you don't like dull work?) position where my education and work experience will have valuable application (like finding a cure for cancer?) OBJECTIVE Seeking a position in the sales department with an opportunity for advancement (in effect, you're saying to the employer, "Give me a job where the pay is good ... and keeps getting better.") OBJECTIVE Seeking a challenging career with a progressive organization which will utilize my skills, abilities and education in management, product management, operations, purchasing and buying. (Zzzzz. You won't bore anyone into hiring you.) You can stand out from the crowd if you'll just write your objective from the employer's point of view, instead of your own. Sounds simple, doesn't it? It is. All you have to do when writing your objective is make sure it answers this question: "What's in it for me?" That's the question on every employer's mind as he or she reads your resume. Here's an example objective, to get you started: OBJECTIVE Management position in procurement where over 10 years of experience will add value to operations. Avoid such trite phrases as: "seeking a chance for advancement," or "where my skills will be utilized," or "where I can further my career." I've seen each of these on resumes that were badly hampered as a result. So, to keep your objective from being objectionable (and torpedoing your job search), put the focus where it belongs -- on the employer and their needs. www.enetsc.com/resumetips11.htm Profile-a profile section is a few sentences that tell the employer about your strengths, skills and goals related to the job you are applying for. Let’s look at the below example from The Balance:
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Alex
7/2/2017 05:20:04 am
I believe I commented on this in a previous post, but I'll say it again.
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