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Putting a CV or Resume together is very serious business. It’s normally the first impression you make on a prospective employer or recruiter. The idea is that after looking over your CV/resume, the recruiter will grant you the opportunity to make a second impression in person, over the telephone or maybe even by video conference.
If you think of your jobsearch as a marketing campaign, the CV/resume could be compared to a printed advert or a marketing brochure. When you look through a magazine you will often see many adverts. Try finding one that tells you to buy a product or service because the company needs to increase its profits. You won’t find one. The adverts you see willmore likely tell you what the product can do for you — make your smile more attractive, your hair shinier, or maybe just make your life better. When writing your resume, think carefully about the needs of your prospective employer andthen determine how you can fill those needs. Next you should determine what type of format to use. There are three basic types: chronological, functional or a combination of those two.
Chronological Resume
The chronological CV/resume is the one most people are familiar with and is more popular. Here you’re most recent job is listed down first. The period of time during which you worked for this employer is listed first, followed by the employer name and location. A brief description of each job is also included. After your employment history, your education should follow.
A chronological resume maybe the way to go if you want to highlight that career growth. If your most recent job title is “Senior Business Analyst”, while the one before that is simply “Business Analyst”, and the one before that was “Junior Business Analyst”, you can show a history of your career development. However, if your employemnt history has not been so smoothly transitioned you might not want to use a chronological CV/resume. If you are changing your career, a chronological CV/resume may not be for you either.
Functional CV/Resume
Asstated previously, it is important to show prospective employers what you have to offer. A functional CV/resume can accomplish this. A functional job objective is given at the outset, followed by a number of paragraphs, each discussing a different job function. If you are tailoring your CV/resume for a number of different potential employers, you could change your functional job objective as well as the order in which you list them. But remember, if you don't list your previous jobs, the person reviewing your document could get suspicious.
