Chronological Resume Examples

The chronological resume format is the most common and easiest to write. Below is a chronological resume example to help get you going. It is very important to remember while doing your chronological resume to highlight skills that relate to the position your are applying for. That is why is is always best to have multiple resumes that highlight different skills. Do not get in the habit of playing the "numbers" game when applying for position. Although you want to get your chronological resume out to as many people as possible you still want to have quality.

The chronological resume format is the best fit for the job seeker who falls within these criteria:

Have a good amount of work experienc in the field you are applying to.
Do not have any significant gaps in your work history
Have a very obvious and apparent thread to your career history

It's also the resume format that many employers and recruiters prefer. But it doesn't fit everyone. For example, if you have held many jobs for short periods, a chronological resume makes it appear that you job hop and aren't very dedicated to your employers. In instances like that a functional resume format would be a better solution over a chronological resume format.

Chronological Resume Example

Your Full Name

[Address, City, State, Zip] • [Phone #] • [Email Address]

Objective

Providing an objective within this chronological resume example is considered bes practises. But currently if you speak to 100 head hunters 50 will say it is important and 50 will say it isn't. I included it in this chronological resume example because it doesn't hurt anything.

Experience

(Always start with your current or most recent job)
Most Recent Job Title
Most Recent Company Name, City, State
From Date to Date
Brief Description of the position you are/where in and responsibilities

responsibility of position

responsibility of position

responsibility of position

(I included only three lines in this chronological resume example for job responsibilities. You can use as many as you want as long as they are relevant to the position you are applying for.)

(You can list as many positions as you like as long as they are relevent to the position you are applying for. Alway try to stick with a one page resume if possible. List your most recent or current position, then the second most recent then third most recent and so on.)

Education: Degree Earned, Credit Hours Completed Toward Degree, or High-School Grade Completed.
(If Education is your most important asset, on your chronological resume you should move it before the Experience. Also listing that you graduated high school is a complete wate of space and is not going to impress anyone. Especially if you received a GED. If the highest you ever went was graduating high school I would recommend to just ommitt this section.)

[School Name, City, State]

[Award, accomplishment, curricular activity, minor, advanced-degree credit hours completed, etc.

[Award, accomplishment, curricular activity, minor, advanced-degree credit hours completed, etc.]

[Award, accomplishment, curricular activity, minor, advanced-degree credit hours completed, etc]

Other Accomplishments and Skills
(This is a ompletely optional section of the resume that is good to include anything else you may think will be impressive to the potential employer such as military experience, special skills, interests, or whatever you think is important. If it’s very important, move this section up higher in your resume. Otherwise, delete this section from the chronological resume example.)

Optional 1

Optional 2

Optional 3

References References available on request (That is all you need to say.)

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