If you are writing a new Resume, or you are writing it for the first time, you will need to think about what kind of resume you want.
This will depend on your experience, circumstances, personal preferences, as well as the field in which you work.
Here are the different types and options of resumes:
- Chronological biographies:
This is the traditional type of resume that most employers, and HR employees expect to see. A chronological resume shows your professional experiences in reverse chronological order, with the most recent job you worked at the top of the page.
Ideally, in this type of resume you should go back about 10-15 years, or mention the last 5-6 job positions that you held.
- Custom biographies:
Although most resumes are arranged chronologically, sometimes you may have to arrange them differently.
For example, if you are changing your profession, you can prioritize the education and experience that is most relevant for the job you are applying for, moving the less relevant experience further down the page.
Make sure your resume is as clear as possible to HR employees and potential employers.
- Creative biographies:
Creative resumes make great use of visual elements such as photos, diagrams and colors, to demonstrate and illustrate skills and experiences. Creative resumes are common in areas such as marketing and design, but they may not be suitable for formal careers such as banking or law.
You can be sure whether a creative resume will impress a potential employer by studying the job advertisement and the company’s website, if it is written in a very formal manner, it is better to stick to a traditional resume.
It is very important to know that many large companies use programs for the preliminary sorting of resumes. These programs search electronic resumes for keywords, previous job titles, and other information, and decide whether these resumes will move to the next stage.
This means you need to write your resume information in a way that a computer can understand to increase its clarity and ensure that it crosses over to the next stage.
