Functional Resume

What is a Functional resume

The functional resume highlights key skills, accomplishments, and qualifications at the top of the resume, regardless of where they have occurred in your career. Your employment history is de-emphasized by placing it toward the bottom of your resume and by documenting a simple listing rather than details of each position. In this way, the functional resume firmly places the focus on what you have done rather than where or when you did it.

Unfortunately, many hiring authorities don't like this format, as it is generally believed that the functional resume is used to hide some deficiency in your career history. Despite this, the functional format can be very effective in certain situations.

The functional format can be very effective in the following situations.

1 Most of your achievements and accomplishments occurred in a past position.
2 You have recently graduated from high school or college.
3 You have been out of the job market for some time and are trying to re-enter.
4 You are an older worker and want to de-emphasize age.
5 You have held a variety of unconnected positions.
6 You are changing career tracks.
7 You are returning to a previous line of work.