What do

you think is
the purpose
of a

Just like commercial propagandas,

a resume is a marketing tool. It is
written to convince the employer:
That you are employable
How you meet the job and the
organization's requirements
That you have the right
qualifications and education
That you have the right
experience and skills
That you have the right level of
professionalism for the job

Form small groups of five.

As a group, compare and contrast the
sample resumes you have. You may
answer the following questions.
What elements are common among
your groups samples? What
element is unique in one?
Observe the format. Is the font style
consistent from the beginning to
end? How many font styles are
used? What is it/are they?
Which part of the resume is
highlighted or given utmost

WRITING A
RESUME

I. THE FORMATS
a. Chronological
b. Functional
c. Combination
II. THE SECTIONS
a. Contact Information
b. Career Objective
c. Educational Background
d. Qualifications (Skills and Abilities)
e. Relevant Experience
f. Seminars and Trainings
g. Activities/Achievements/Affiliations
h. References
III. THE TRASH-WORTHY ONES
i. Badly Formatted
j. Too Templated
k. Immature
l. Sneaky

THE FORMATS
a.Chronologic
al
b.Functional
c.Combinatio
n

THE FORMATS

CHRONOLOGICAL
most traditional format
highlights your work
chronology
Your dates, places of
employment, and job titles
are listed as headings
under which your
achievements are written.

THE FORMATS

CHRONOLOGICAL
Effective when:
You want to stay in the same field or
industry.
Your work history shows lateral or
vertical career growth or an increase in
job responsibility, making your job
objective the next obvious step in your
career path.
Your current or most recent job is one
you are proud of and enjoy.

CHRONOLOGICAL

FUNCTIONAL

THE FORMATS

FUNCTIONAL
presents your work achievements
under skill headings, which gives
you the freedom to put your
achievements in order by
relevance and impact rather than
by chronology
The dates, names of employers,
and job titles in your work history
are listed very briefly in a
separate section, usually at the

THE FORMATS

FUNCTIONAL
Effective when:
You are making an extreme career change such that
your work history is in no way relevant to your job
objective. (For example, you are a psychologist who
wants to become a landscape architect.)
You have a checkered employment history (such as
hard-to-explain gaps in employment or job hopping)
that you want to downplay as much as possible.
You are getting ready to re-enter the job market
after many years of unemployment, which you want
to hide on your resume.
You need to focus on experience or skills from a
very early time in your work history.

THE FORMATS

COMBINATION
offers the best of the
chronological and functional
resume formats to highlight both
your work history and your
relevant skills
presents your work history in the
body of the resume. Then skill
subheadings are used to group
achievement statements under
each job title/employer

THE FORMATS

COMBINATION
Effective when:
You are making a career change and
want to highlight your transferable
skills.
You want to advance in the field or
industry in which you are currently
working.
Your job titles do not clearly describe
the level of responsibility you held.
You want to fill gaps in employment

COMBINATION

THE SECTIONS

THE SECTIONS

CONTACT INFORMATION
Your resume heading should
contain your full name, complete
address
and
your
contact
information which includes your
phone number and email.
Sample Resume Heading:
Dennis E. Cortez
24-B Chico St., Project 2, Quezon City
Phone:
(02) 438 XXXX

THE SECTIONS

CAREER OBJECTIVE
It clarifies your intention for
applying as well as your career
goals. Keep two important things
in mind whenwriting the
objective: what you wantand
what your potential employer
wants to hear
Sample Career Objective:
Seeking an entry-level writing position with

THE SECTIONS

EDUCATION
Include your degree/s, the school or
institution where you graduated and the year
you attended or graduated. Dont forget to
mention your major, minor and/or
concentration if there are any. When writing
your educational background, use the official
names.
Sample Educational Background:
Bachelor of Secondary Education (Major in
Social Studies)
University of Sto. Thomas

THE SECTIONS

QUALIFICATIONS
(professional)
This is the most important part of your
resume. Hiring managers are known to
spend more time on this section
compared to other parts of a resume for
a good reason your personal
qualifications serve as the initial basis in
determining if you are fit for the position
you are applying for.

THE SECTIONS

QUALIFICATIONS
(professional)
Sample Professional Qualifications:
Certified Google Partner (Analytics
and AdWords)
Experienced in managing SMM, SEO
and PPC campaigns
Background in email marketing and
ecommerce.
Strong understanding of current

THE SECTIONS

QUALIFICATIONS(other)
Also known as the skills and
abilities/personal skills section, your other
qualifications should mention your other
competencies and include a list of your
relevant soft skills.

Sample Other Qualifications:

Excellent communication and
interpersonal skills
Effective despite shifting priorities and
sudden deadlines
Highly analytical and capable in

THE SECTIONS

QUALIFICATIONS(other)
Also known as the skills and
abilities/personal skills section, your other
qualifications should mention your other
competencies and include a list of your
relevant soft skills.

Sample Other Qualifications:

Excellent communication and
interpersonal skills
Effective despite shifting priorities and
sudden deadlines
Highly analytical and capable in

THE SECTIONS

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
(employment history)
This is one of the key parts of a resume
(aside from qualifications) as it enumerates the
contributions you made in your past jobs. Your
employment history (also known as work
experience, work history and professional
experience) should enumerate in chronological
order all the positions youve held including the
names and locations of each employer and the
dates you were employed.

THE SECTIONS

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
(employment history)
Describe each entry in your employment history in a
interesting but brief manner. Include any specific and
relevant projects that you handled if there are any.

Sample Employment History:

Graphic Designer
NuWorks Interactive Labs, Inc.
(June 2014 February 2015)
Designed posters, banners and other marketing
materials for printing and distribution in various
digital channels. Worked closely with web designer
to create visually-stunning, responsive and userfriendly websites/web pages for local clients like

THE SECTIONS

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
(pre-professional experience)
New or recent graduates with no
prior professional experience can
use the pre-professional experience
section to highlight their internships
and on-the-job trainings.

THE SECTIONS

SEMINARS AND TRAININGS

List down the trainings, workshops and
seminars youve attended that is relevant to
the position you are vying for. If youre a fresh
grad, dont skip on mentioning the training and
seminars you had as a student as long as you
see them as helpful rather than unnecessary or
detrimental (e.g political or religious
gatherings) to your application.
On the other hand, you can skip on the
student trainings and seminars once youve
already earned a year or two of work
experience. Mention the training and seminars

THE SECTIONS

SEMINARS AND TRAININGS

When listing down the seminars and
trainings, you need to mention the event
name, date and location or venue.

Sample Training and Seminars

Attended:
Enterprise Risk Management
Seminar
February 27, 2015 February 29,
2015

THE SECTIONS

ACTIVITIES/AFFILIATIONS/
ACHIEVEMENTS
The Activities and Affiliations
section can also be one of the most
important parts of a resume because
it will help to set you apart from
another candidate.
Keep the entries here short.
Limit the entries that are nonpolitical and non-religious to avoid

THE SECTIONS

ACTIVITIES/AFFILIATIONS/
ACHIEVEMENTS
One who is active in the community
may appear be a more valuable
employee than one who has not given
thought to this worthwhile activity.
Sample Activity Performed:
Sangguniang Kabataan Chairman 2010-2014
Red Cross Volunteer 2011-2012
Sample Affiliation Involved In:
The S-files Publications 2014-2015

THE SECTIONS

ACTIVITIES/AFFILIATIONS/
ACHIEVEMENTS
Include a brief list of your achievements
which may include work-related awards (e.g.
Employee Excellence Award) or academic and
extra-curricular achievements (e.g. Researcher
of the Year) if you are a fresh graduate.

Sample Award Received:

Excellence in Campus Journalism Award
March 2015

THE SECTIONS

REFERENCES
Among the many parts of a resume, the
reference sectionis one of the most debated
upon. Should you or shouldnt you add
References on your resume? Most people would
Will be provided upon request or Available
upon request while some choose not to put
anything at all.
Sample Reference:
Jaime Alcantara
Team Leader Sprint
EGS Philippines

A resume is your first and

foremost key to entering the
world of work. Whatever you
write on it can potentially create
an impression good or bad to
your employer. Employers and
employees initially work on
TRUST.
The employer would ask in
mind: Is this person worthy of

Is this resume
TRUSTWORTH
Y or TRASHWORTHY?

THE TRASH-WORTHY ONES

1. Badly
"I don't like it when I receive
Formatted
resumes with funky fonts," says
Mona Abdel-Halim, co-founder of
the Web-based resume tool
Resunate, who echoed other
experts we spoke to. "It is not
professional and it makes the

THE TRASH-WORTHY ONES

1. Badly Formatted
(How to Fix?)
Use tabs for indents, and
search your document for stray
double spaces.
When choosing resume fonts,
opt ones that are widely used
and readable, such as Calibri or
Arial, and use no more than

THE TRASH-WORTHY ONES

2. Immature
Hiring mangers will
immediately trash resumes with
pictures on them -- for example,
of cartoon character Bart
Simpson or of a kitten.

THE TRASH-WORTHY ONES

3. Too
Longtime recruiter Mike Monroe
Templated
says that unaltered, familiarresume

templatesfrom word-processing
programs annoy him. "This won't
automatically put you in the trash,
but it tells me that you have put less
thought into your resume than your
competition," he says.

THE TRASH-WORTHY ONES

3. Too
To prevent your resume from
Templated
ending up in the trash for this

reason,customize your resumefor

each job you apply for using the
language of the job ad and
highlighting your most relevant
experience.

THE TRASH-WORTHY ONES

4. Sneaky
Kohut says she immediately
distrusts people whose resumes
have no dates on them.
Gapsare not a problem, she
says. The problem is when you
try to be deceptive."

THE TRASH-WORTHY ONES

4. Sneaky
David S. Williams, founder and CEO
of salary consultancy SpringRaise,
agrees, saying that if you are or have
been unemployed, dont try to hide it.
You may be doing yourself a
disservice because you may be a
strong candidate for a position, but
you tried to hide your current status,"

Your
resume
should
definitely show that you
have the required skills,
education and experience
to
perform
the
job
successfully.
But you can build a
strongerpersonal
brandby
including