1. Resume

2. Definition of Resumes
 A resume gets you the job you’re after

3. Types of Resumes
 Professional
 Is a self-marketing tool tailored to your career objective
 Focuses the interviewer’s attention on your strongest
point

4. Effective Resume
 Summarizes employable you at a glance
 Built from carefully chosen data

5. Two Basic Types of Resume
formats
 Functional
 Selective and only highlights those skills pertinent to
your job objective
 Chronological
 Used to combine all your experience and employment
history simply written in order by date starting with the
most recent position and working backwards.

6. Similarities between
Functional and
Chronological formats
 Both offer the following same basic information:
 Name, address, phone number, career objective,
professional profile, educational information,
description of experience, and employment history
stating the dates of employment, job title, and company
name, city and state.

7. Differences between
Functional and
Chronological Formats
 The difference is only in how the information is
presented.

8. 8 basic information

Name Address Phone number
Professional Educational
Career objective
profile information
Description of Employment
experience history

9. High schools and resume usage
Knowledge about resumes
Knowledge about Writing a Resume
Knowledge about the Purpose of a Resume
Has used a resume