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A Chronological Resume is one of the more common resumes used by todays work force. Its main purpose is to bring focus onto the applicants’ experience and job history. Many companies prefer potential employees to submit their resumes in this format because of the logical display of detailed information present, consisting of “Personal Details”, “Job Experience”, “Education”, “Skills”, and other optional fields. This outline will give you a basis on how to go about developing your Chronological Resume. It is recommended that, after you use the following outline to develop your own work, you modify your work to better fit the specific job requirements your employer is looking for.

CHRONOLOGICAL RESUME OUTLINE:

FULL NAME

STREET ADDRESS                                                                                           CITY, STATE ZIP CODE

HOME PHONE NUMBER                                                                                            MOBILE PHONE NUMBER

EMAIL ADDRESS                                                                                            WEBSITE (OPTIONAL)

Objectives (Optional Field):

This field is optional and includes what goals and / or ambitions you may have, both in your professional life as well as a potential employee for the company you are applying to work for.

Experience / Employment History:

This section informs the employer what job positions you had, starting from the most recent. If you were an applicant with a lot of job history, it may be reasonable to decide to only mention the jobs that correlate to the characteristics the employer is looking for in an employee.

Details regarding each job position should be included, the most appropriate of which would be: time served, special accomplishments, major daily functions that were required of you, experience in specific areas of work, and other responsibilities. A format for this field would be as follows:

  • Job Position 1 and years served. Major daily functions. Areas of experience. Special accomplishments.
  • Job Position 2 and years served. Major daily functions. Areas of experience. Special accomplishments.
  • Etc.

Education:

The education field incorporates the applicants’ academic achievements, honors, and rewards. Very rarely does anyone include his or her grade scores in this section or in any part of the Chronological Resume. The list of achievements should be listed in order of importance, having the most important achievement as your first piece of information. Normally this information would be listed in a “bullet” format.

Skills:

This field includes any and all relevant skills and abilities you might have that the employer might appreciate. Experience with specific software, the ability to speak different languages fluently, and any other details you decide to include would be listed in this field.

References:

The references field includes the full names and contact details of past employers, professors, or any other creditable figure that would vouch for you and give his or her point of view in relation to your work ethic, personal traits, and so forth. Friends and family should not be included in this field.

A Chronological Resume is one of the most used resume formats due to the high employer approval rate. Having chosen this format for your paper, there are some key aspects you should strive to remember. Molding your specific Chronological Resume to your potential employer’s needs is of the essence. Details that are not of interest for the job being applied for should be excluded. Also, keep the resume between one and two pages long, literate, and to the point.

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