Functional resumes are best used in situations where specific skills and accomplishments gained through experience or academic qualifications will demonstrate the candidate's compentency. Your skills should be listed in order of their importance.
The functional resume is ideal when you're looking for a complete career change. This resume is ideal for students who have no previous work experience and are applying for their first job.
Avoid the functional resume when you are applying for traditional jobs, especially positions within government or institutions.
A functional resume categories are based on : Personal Details
Career Objective
Professional Experience
Work Experience(optional)
Professional Affiliations
Education
Awards
Sample Functional Resume
Resume Personal Details
List your name, surname, postal address, email address, contact phone numbers
Career Objective
A definition of your career Career Objective. Your career objective / personal profile should be defined three lines or less.
Professional Experience
This is the most important section of a professional resume. This section should list your key skills along with proof of how you gained these skills. For example, if one of your skills is event organisation, list the events and conventions you have organised.
Use a simple format to show your skills : Skill 1
Achievement 1 related to Skill A
Achievement 2 related to Skill A
Work Experience
This is where you list previous jobs. Also include any unpaid or voluntary work that you've done.
This is optional Your work history isn't strictly required in a functional resume although listing it will show potential employers that you have nothing to hide.
If you work history is irregular, there may well be more disadvantages than benefits by listing it, in which case, skip this part.
Include: year start - year finish, job title , name of organisation , job description in each of your work history items.
Professional Affiliations
List any relevant, active professional affiliations in this section. If you are in doubt as to whether an affiliation will help get the contract signed, don't list it.
Educational Qualifications in your Resume
Here you should include the highest qualification you've gained & any special courses that you think will help you secure the position.
Awards
List any relevant awards in this section.
Graduates can also add some personal information in their resume.
more details on http://www.cvtips.com/functional_resume.html
2006-12-03 03:19:10
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answered by ciprian_olaru1985 3
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Monster.com will help you with your resume, post it onto their site, let you forward it to a prospective employer if you are interested, and will let you save the resume on Word or other format. I just googled "resumes" and got a lot of listings. You can try these sites:
http://www.monster.com
http://www.resumeedge.com
http://www.jobstar.org
http://www.jobweb.com
http://www.rpi.edu
http://www.provenresumes.com
http://www.damngood.com
http://www.careerbuilder.com
http://www.1-2-3-resumes.com
http://www.resumes.com
http://www.rockportinstitute.com
Good luck!
2006-12-02 21:13:02
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answered by Katielle 2
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Well, for a site that helps you create a great resume, try:
http://www.pongoresume.com/index.cfm?affiliate=google&keyword=resume%20templates%20exact
For a bunch of template resumes:
http://www.collegegrad.com/resumes/quickstart/
Finally, check www.linkedin.com... It's a great networking site where people post a ton of their resume-like information.
2006-12-02 20:55:50
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answered by TankAnswer 4
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There are also Templates available on Microsoft's site.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT101043371033.aspx
There are examples of Basic, Job Specific and Situational.
2006-12-02 21:14:58
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answered by kperry1911 3
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2006-12-02 21:06:27
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answered by ehe g 1
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