Format for the Chronological

The Chronological Resume The chronological resume is the most widely used resume. This resume organizes your information with your most recent education and work experience listed first. Graduates with limited, related work experience for the position they are seeking, find the chronological resume is most effective for them.

Resume Name:Campus Address: Street, City, State, Zip code, (Area code) Phone Number

Permanent Address: Street, City, State, Zip code, (Area code) Phone Number Use only one address if the campus and permanent address are the same.

Career Objective: A logical and meaningful statement concisely describing one's immediate and possible long-range career goals. Use as specific a title as possible.

Education:

  • Include institutions that granted the degrees (city and state), degrees, graduation dates (in reverse chronological order).
  • If applicable or appropriate, identify your major, minor, and formal certificate program or vocational training.
  • List GPA if it is favorable. Include academic honors and awards related to your degrees if appropriate.

Extracurricular Skills, Highlights, and Qualifications:

  • Indicate responsibilities, positions of leadership, professional organization, community and campus activities, and skills you have learned.

Work Experiences:

  • List position title, where and when (not necessarily in this order).
  • Full-time, part-time, cooperative education experiences, internships, practicum's, professional experience, and volunteer work (if related to the job search). Appropriate subheadings for this category include: Professional Experience, Work Experience, Related Work Experience.
  • After identifying your skills, use action words to describe your responsibilities and accomplishments for each position. Be thorough in descriptions, but do not overrate your responsibilities.
  • Emphasize your achievements using titles, numbers, and names. Titles convey responsibility; numbers and names show magnitude of achievement adding credibility to your resume.
  • Specify skills related to career objective or job target: computer skills, special licenses, foreign language proficiencies, research discoveries credited to you.

Optional items:

  • Areas of academic emphasis (if not an official major or minor), vocational training, and means of financing your education. (If you worked to pay for your college education, by all means say so!)
  • Honors: List academic, leadership, athletic awards or recognitions, and memberships in honorary organizations* References Available Upon Request

Chronological Resume Students Worksheet

Write legibly. Do not use abbreviations.

Name ______Primary phone ( )______

Address ______Other phone ( )______

City ______State ______Zip______

E-mail Address (if applicable) ______

EDUCATION

College/Vocational school ______

City/State ______

Topic of study/training major ______

High school ______

City/State ______

OBJECTIVE

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

SKILLS & ABILITIES

WORK EXPERIENCE / VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

(List chronologically, beginning with most recent)

Business name ______Employment Dates ______

Job title ______City/State ______

Duties (be specific)______

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Business name ______Employment Dates ______

Job title ______City/State ______

Duties (be specific)______

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Business name ______Employment Dates ______

Job title ______City/State ______

Duties (be specific)______

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REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

(All efforts will be made to complete this resume format on one page)

Objective Samples

Your objective should state the position you desire. Keep it simple and concise; let the objective speak for itself. You can elaborate while you interview. Each resume should have its own objective, tailored to the specific job opening.

  1. A position where typing skills, a strong sense of responsibility, accuracy in handling detail,

and an outgoing personality will be assets.

  1. Full time permanent employment with a business which will offer challenging opportunities

for developing new skills.

  1. To obtain a challenging position with growth potential and the opportunity to utilize my

training.

  1. An entry level position in the medical field.

5.An entry level position in the clerical field with an opportunity to acquire new skills and

utilize my training.

6.To obtain a position where my training and skills will offer an opportunity to grow with the company.

  1. To obtain a career-oriented sales opportunity in which initiative is encouraged and my

abilities can be applied.

  1. Seeking full time, permanent employment with advancement opportunities.
  1. To obtain employment which will utilize my education while enhancing my skills.
  1. To actively contribute to a firm where my skills and abilities will be valued.
  1. A position in which adding to my skills and learning new computer programs is encouraged.
  1. A position in the bookkeeping field where my training can be best implemented.
  1. An entry level position which offers an opportunity to increase my knowledge of

bookkeeping and accounting.

  1. To find a position where I can prove my hardworking ability and contribute to the growth

of the organization and my family.

  1. To be working with people and contributing to the company while improving my skills.
  1. To work where I can use my experience to benefit the company and allow myself to grow.
  1. To work where I can improve my skills to the best of my ability to help contribute

to the company.

  1. To work where I can use my hands to help an employer and improve my skills.

19. To have a position where I can use my skills and hardworking ability to benefit my

employer and be of service to others.

20. To obtain long term employment with growth potential with a company where I can

contribute my hardworking ability and my positive attitude.

  1. To obtain a people-oriented position where I can use my skills to serve others.

22. To be employed where I can use my written and oral communication skills to contribute

to the growth of a company and in service to others.

23. To work where I can put to use the diversified abilities I have acquired to advance with

the company.

  1. To obtain a service related position where I can use my skills to contribute to the

community and to the growth of my family.

  1. To obtain a position where I can be challenged and develop my leadership qualities.

26. To obtain a position where I can use my knowledge and strengths to help others achieve

goals as well as myself.

Choose your personal comments from above or write your own:

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS – SAMPLES

If your work history is weak, descriptions of your job-related qualities are paramount. However, if you have many years of experience in a field, state your responsibilities and positions.Check up to 4 from the following list of any statement you would like in your resume. You may make changes to the statements you select using the space above each statement:

1. ___Supportive team member; committed and

responsible.

2. ___Reliable, adaptable, and a quick learner.

3. ___Bilingual – speak, read, and write.

4. ___Hard working, ambitious, and willing to learn.

5. ___Willing and able to handle a wide variety

of tasks.

6. ___Experienced helping customers and solving

problems.

7. ___Enjoy keeping busy and learning new skills.

8. ___Productive and responsible; willing to learn and

handle any tasks.

9. ___Able to represent a company with professional

appearance and manner.

10. ___Take pride in providing excellent customer service.

11. ___Able to work under pressure and deadlines.

12. ___Extremely well organized; follow through to

the last detail.

13. ___Sharp, hard working, and productive.

14. ___Highly dependable, punctual, and efficient.

15. ___Enjoy working with the public and providing

quality service.

16. ___Strong motivation for career advancement.

17. ___Excellent interpersonal communication skills.

18. ___Proven record of reliability and responsibility

19. ___Self-motivated and excellent manager of time

20. ___Able to operate-maintain small machinery

ACTION WORDS FOR WORK HISTORY

Your resume is a brief summary of your qualifications and skills. It is important to use action words and short sentences when describing your work history. Try not to be repetitive.

achieved / advocated / appraised / assigned
adapted / allocated / arbitrated / assisted
addressed / analyzed / arranged / attended
administered / applied / assembled / audited
advised / appointed / assessed
balanced / budgeted / built
calculated / collated / composed / contributed
changed / collected / computed / controlled
clarified / communicated / conceptualized / coordinated
classified / compared / conducted / corrected
coded / compiled / consolidated / counseled
collaborated / completed / consulted / created
debated / designed / developed / dispersed
decreased / designed / diagnosed / displayed
defined / detailed / directed / distributed
delegated / determined / discovered / drafted
edited / engaged / examined / expanded
educated / ensured / exceeded / expedited
effected / equipped / executed / experimented
enabled / established / exercised / explained
encouraged / estimated / exhibited / expressed
enforced / evaluated
facilitated / fixed / formulated / funded
filed / focused / founded
gathered / generated / guided
helped / hired
identified / increased / installed / interviewed
illustrated / influenced / instituted / introduced
implemented / informed / instructed / invented
improved / initiated / integrated / investigated
improvised / inspected / interpreted / involved
Incorporated / Inspired

Action Words Continued

justified
learned / led / lobbied / located
lectured
maintained / marketed / moderated / monitored
managed / mediated / modified / motivated
mapped / mobilized
negotiated / nominated
observed / operated / organized / originated
obtained / ordered
packaged / planned / produced / proposed
participated / prepared / programmed / provided
perceived / presented / projected / publicized
performed / prioritized / promoted / published
persuaded / processed / proofread / purchased
photographed / procured
qualified
raised / recruited / reorganized / researched
reasoned / redesigned / repaired / restored
received / reduced / replaced / restructured
recognized / reevaluated / reported / reviewed
recommended / referred / represented / revitalized
recorded / refined / reproduced / rewrote
scheduled / shaped / started / summarized
screened / simplified / stocked / supervised
selected / sold / structured / supported
separated / solicited / studied / surpassed
served / solved / submitted / surveyed
serviced / staffed / succeeded / synthesized
set / staged / suggested / systematized
tabulated / terminated / trained / transported
tailored / testified / translated / traveled
taught
updated / validated / Wrote / x-rayed
utilized / Verified / Visualize

Jane Doe

14804 Wildman Rd. Bakersfield, CA 93307-9301

(661)845-8411

E-Mail:

Objective: To obtain an internship position that will enhance skills in preparation for a career in education orrelated fields.

Education: Expected Graduation: 2006

Arvin High School

Arvin, CA

GPA: 3.85 Honor/Gate and AP courses

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Active in church youth group Honor Orchestra, 4th chair flute

2 years high school Marching Band Spanish Honors Society Secretary

College Scholarship Federation ParticipantAwarded Governor’s Scholarship for top 5%

Honor Roll All Semesters of High SchoolMigrant Scholars participant

Children International Child SponsorTeacher Aide for Summer School: 2nd grades

CCD, Religious Education, Teacher AssistantAcademic Decathlon Silver Medallist

Principal’s List: (in Art and overall team categories)

(Straight A’s) 12 Quarters in Middle School)

Marching Band Drum Major (8th grade)

Awarded 3rd place in overall Drum Major Competition of over 30 Jr. High schools

C.I.A. Ministries Rectora, Newspaper Editor and Secretary (3 years member)

Run Retreats, give talks and presentations

Skills and Abilities:

 Computer Literate-Microsoft: Bi-lingual-English/Spanish-Speak/Read/Write

Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint Telephone Etiquette

 Internet Savvy Punctual

 Experience with Public Speaking Type 35 WPM

 Proficient with Office Machines

(Copier/Fax/Calculators/Typewriter )

Work Experience:

Childcare Provider: For family members and friends June. 2001–- Present

 Nutrition

 Entertainment-Stories/Games/Songs

 Help with Homework and chores

 Soiled Diapers

Grocery BaggerCounty Fair Market May. 2001–Nov. 2001

 Customer service

 Mop/Sweep/Clean counters/Return groceries/Check prices

 Help customers to car with groceries

 Run errands

* References Available Upon Request

Resume Information

BRAINSTORM

Objective:

Interested in obtaining a high position in the field of Education.

Education:

Currently attending high school but have so far completed all grades up to 11th.

Skills:

I consider myself to be very capable of achieving any job granted. If I don’t know something I’m willing to learn anything needed for the job.

My skills consist of having telephone etiquette, PC literate, proficient with office machine, good with public relation and public speeches. I also have leadership background as well as the knowledge to do what is required.

Experience:

Was office assistant at low Insurance, located in Bakersfield C.A.

Some of the things I did in this particular business were:

  • Receptionist
  • Translated
  • Maintain office

Activities and Accomplishments:

I’m very involved in many activities as well as community service. I’m also very proud to mention that I have managed my time efficiently in all my activities. I consider all my activities an accomplishment since it takes a lot of time and effort. Some of my accomplishments and activities are:

  • Position as vice president in migrant club
  • Honor roll for the past 15 years
  • Involve in the CSF
  • Basketball
  • Sister
  • Girls Scot
  • Spanish honors society
  • Awards for community service

Special note:

If any reference need they are available upon request

The Essentials
Resume Tips

Ideally, a resume is about a page long. Because of the limited space you won’t be able to include everything about yourself. Here’s what you should put in and what you should leave out.

The Essentials:

  1. Name: First and last. Middle isn’t a requirement.
  2. Address, email and telephone number: Most businesses like to follow up with a phone call, not a letter.
  3. Job Objective: One or two sentences about the job being sought and why you would be a valuable part of the team.
  4. Name of companies you worked or interned with and employment dates: Employers are very skeptical of resumes that don’t include job dates because they suggest the position was brief or not especially challenging.
  5. Job responsibilities and accomplishments: Include them in the Employment History section under company name and employment dates.
  6. Awards or organizations that a candidate belongs to: This includes military service.
  7. Language and computer skills: A second language (Spanish or C++) can make a big impact.

Education: Major, minor, type of degree, honors distinctions. If the resume is light on work history, include some courses taken. (GPA if over 3.0)

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