Different Types of Resumes: Which is Right For You?

Career & Employment
Written By Rose Holland, Career & Employment Advocate
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There are several types of resumes that serve different purposes. It is important to understand what type of resume will best highlight your knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Traditional Reverse Chronological

This resume focuses on your job history. It starts with your most recent position. This resume is great for those who have several years of experience in the career field.

Functional Resume

A functional resume highlights your skills rather than your job history. This resume requires some strong networking to get on the desk of a hiring manager.

Combination Resume 

This resume combines the functional and traditional resume. You start off with a focus on accomplishments related to the job and then note your job history. This can be great if you are switching careers, have gaps in your resume, or do not have a strong history in a career field.

Networking Resume

This is a short resume (one side of a page) that is used at networking events. It is not as common as it once as you can also hand out business cards with a link to your LinkedIn profile. This type of resume is great to use at a networking event such as a job fair.

Graphic or Infographic Resume 

This type of resume uses pictures, charts, and/or graphs to highlight your accomplishments. It is most often used in careers that require the ability to create such as marketing or arts.

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

A curriculum vitae, better known as a CV,  A CV is a more extensive and is used in academic and scientific fields. It highlights your qualifications such as publications and education.

Non-traditional Resume

A non-traditional resume may be a video, webpage, or sample of your work. This type of resume may be ideal for a highly competitive position that requires unique skills.

Getting help to create the right resume for you is available. These include installation family centers Employment Readiness Program, Military OneSource career counselors available through Spouse Education and Career Opportunities or Military Spouse Employment Partnership, our partner Hiring our Heroes, and other organizations.

Have more questions about building a resume? Join the MSAN Mentorship-HUB to speak with our Career & Employment Advocate today!

 
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Rose Holland, Career & Employment Advocate

Rose Holland has served the military community for over 30 years in a variety of roles as a volunteer and family program staff. Through this work, she has seen many inequities imposed upon military families. Her passion to assist military families is driven by her own experience as a military spouse of 35 years and has shaped the service she provides. Rose became an activist for military families in the area of employment, providing corporate and local organizations insights into the military world and helping the community understand the hidden talent pool of military families.

Rose has a BBA in Finance from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, a Master in Theological Studies with a focus on pastoral care from Saint Norbert College in DePere Wisconsin, and is currently working on a Doctorate in Education with a focus in Educational Sustainability at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point. Her dissertation project focuses on military spouses in federal employment and their perceptions of their ability to retain their federal position with a Permanent Change of Station post-pandemic.

Looking for Career & Employment advice? Email Rose at rholland@milspouseadvocacynetwork.org.

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