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The document provides guidance on creating a chronological resume, including sections to include such as personal information, objective, background, employment history, education, professional memberships, software skills, and other skills. It recommends keeping each section concise and highlighting skills and accomplishments that relate to the target job. Key information to include are name, address, phone number, email, objective of 2-3 lines pointing to a match with the job, a brief skills-focused background section, a 10-15 year employment history with accomplishments, education details, and relevant skills.

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The document provides guidance on creating a chronological resume, including sections to include such as personal information, objective, background, employment history, education, professional memberships, software skills, and other skills. It recommends keeping each section concise and highlighting skills and accomplishments that relate to the target job. Key information to include are name, address, phone number, email, objective of 2-3 lines pointing to a match with the job, a brief skills-focused background section, a 10-15 year employment history with accomplishments, education details, and relevant skills.

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Free Resume Examples Creating Chronological Resumes The Chronological Resume is the most common form of a resume, but

it is not difficult to write. Viewing the Free Resume Examples - Chronological Resume Sample will give you a better understanding of what a chronological resume looks like and what goes into it. WRITE DOWN THESE ITEMS ABOUT YOURSELF 1. PERSONAL INFORMATION Your full name Home address (no abbreviations) Phone number (including area code) E-mail address (if you have one) URL address (if you have your own website) DO NOT supply more personal information than this about yourself. 2. OBJECTIVE People really mess up here! They write a lot of jargon or talk about themselves without really saying anything useful. Keep it short and exact (2-3 lines at most). Point out things that match you to the job you are applying for. 3. BACKGROUND A Background section is one of the best resume tools that a job seeker has and it can be used in place of the Objective section! This is an EXCELLENT place to BRIEFLY list your skills and how they match the job your are applying for. Sit down and take the time to really analyze your present and past jobs. People are surprised when they find out they have more skills than they realized. You can use your present and past job descriptions as a reference in helping to narrow down your skills. NEVER copy your job description into your resume to explain a past or present position! Example: "Juggle two or more assignments while providing support to Marketing." This indicates you have: Multi-tasking skills Team player skills Time management skills Managing skills

There may be one or two more, but you get the picture.

You may ask, "What skills do I list?" This is a judgment call on your part. Obviously if you are applying for a nursing position, you would not want to list carpentry skills in your background. 4. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY In a Chronological Resume the Employment History lists: Month/Year Hired Month/Year Departed Name and Address of Company Title of Position & Department Accomplishments List your Work History over the past 10 - 15 years. List what you accomplished at each position. DO NOT list your job duties assigned. A bulleted list of accomplishments works well here. 5. EDUCATION This is pretty simple here. You just want to list your formal education (Masters, Bachelors or Associates), certifications and relevant training. You can also list Grade Point Average (GPA), educational honors and societies, etc. Example:
y y

Belmont Abbey College BA in Business Administration Magna cum laude The Academy of Competitive Intelligence Competitive Intelligence Certification

6. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Again, this is pretty simple. You just want to list your memberships in professional organizations. List things like veteran's groups, associations and organizations. DO NOT abbreviate the names of the organizations. 7. SOFTWARE SKILLS This is really self-explanatory. You list as your computer and software skills as they relate to the job you are applying for. 8. OTHER SKILLS Some people use this area to list skills such as: Human Resources Resource Management Accounting Analysis Fund Raising Community Work Sports

Gregory L Pittman

284 Eighth Avenue Houston, North Carolina 28012 704-824-0000 [email protected]


Objective

A competitive intelligence professional seeking challenges in sales and marketing.


Background

Trade Show Intelligence. Marketing Plans. SWOT Analysis. Market Research.


Experience August 1997 - Present NxView Technologies, Inc. Business Intelligence Manager

Create NxView's 3D Software Competitive Intelligence System. Increase revenue 30% by rewriting NxView's marketing plan. Secure second round capital funding of $2 million.
January 1984 - August 1997 Duke Energy Company Project Manager and Research Analyst

Directed Duke Energy's purchase of Pan Energy. Manager of Competitive Analysis Department. Project Manager for $10 million energy test sites.
Education Belmont Abbey College BA in Business Administration Professional

SCIP - Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals. Delta Epsilon Sigma - National Honor Society.
Computer Skills

Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint. Microsoft Project 98. HTML, Website Creation, Internet Search Engines and Directory Listings.

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