You have anywhere from six to ten seconds to impress a recruiter with your
resume that was six seconds right there and that was ten that's not much time
in this video I'm going to tell you why the combination resume is the best
format you can use to keep the recruiter reading and be sure to stay at the end
of the video because I'm gonna tell you about one more thing that will help you
get your resume done and get it past that 10-second mark.
So I'm hearing a lot from new clients lately is they haven't had their resume updated for years
I know when I hear this that they're most likely not up to speed on a resume best
practices so let me know in the comments below when was the last time that you
updated your resume? For all intents and purposes there's three main types of
resume formats chronological functional and combination resume formats the
chronological resume format is kind of the old-school format the emphasis is on
past experience and employment and it lists all of your work history in
reverse chronological order now the problem with this format is if you have
some really great achievements say two or three positions back these are gonna
end up on the bottom of the first page or even buried on the second page if
it's a two-page resume the recruiter is not gonna see it on the first glance or
they may not even see it at all now the functional resume format it focuses more
on skills this resume lists your career history by your skills or areas of
expertise and really minimizes exact employee history while this format is
typically used for entry-level professionals
career changes or people who have been out of workforce they aren't well
received by recruiters because they have a reputation of being a little deceptive
so it's really best to avoid them when possible
now a happy medium between the two is the combination resume format or you may
know it as a hybrid resume format because with the combination resume
format you get the best of both worlds this format allows you to list your most
compelling achievements and most relevant skills at the top of the resume
where they'll be seen quickly but it also provides that chronological
timeline that's so important for recruiters to see so let's talk about
this real quick this is one of the combination resume formats I use with my
clients other than recent graduates who won't use this exact format I want you
to remember to always reverse engineer your resume from the job posting because
you want to make sure that you're demonstrating on this one sheet of paper
the skills and expertise that are needed in a position as well as that are
important to the recruiter so you'll start off with the professional summary
and this is an opportunity to introduce yourself and speak to how your
experience and expertise brings value as well as is pertinent to this position
you can make this just three or four sentences long then what you want to do
is determine the two or three most important skills needed in this position
and list your measurable achievements related to them if you can't narrow it
down to just two or three skills just remove these sections and have one main
area for your various career achievements next is a section to list
even more skills this is a great way to add keywords to your resume which will
help you get through the online application process speaking of which I
talked in another video about a tool you can use that will help you get through
the online job application filters I'll drop that link below so you can check it
out next is the professional experience section after a short summary I like to
see a few more bullet pointed achievements followed by job duties
these achievements may be ones that don't necessarily fit into the buckets
up above but are still important to have on your
resume then finally your education and other training and professional
certification sections when using a combination resume format what you're
going to end up with is a top-heavy resume that's pushed all of the most
important talking points up to the top where they'll be seen quickly so now you
know which resume format is the best to use but do you know how to put
everything together I've put together a resume cheat sheet to help you do just
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