Sample Functional Resume

Your Full Name

PO Box 2222
Doha, Qatar
3313-9919
JaneDoe@hotmail.com

Career To apply my educational experience in a major marketing company, and to gain

Objective experience as a marketing professional in a multi-national company as a Marketing
Assistant

Skills  Fluent in Arabic, French and English (oral and written)

 MS Office (i.e., Word, PowerPoint), Internet
 Punctual , reliable , honest, willing to learn
 Positive relationship building with co-workers and customers
 Multi-tasking
 Team player
 Efficient organizer
 Responsible, efficient, and flexible

Education School of Business 2017-present

Current student in the Human Resources program
College of the North Atlantic – Qatar
Courses include: Marketing I & II, Business
Communications and Oral Communications

High School Certificate ABC High School – Qatar 2010

Experience Tutoring Peer Program 2015-present

College of the North Atlantic
Duties: help students with marketing, accounting,
microeconomics and math courses.

Conference and Event Assistant (part time) 2010-present

Trinity / ABC Talent / Pro-Line / Qatar Talent
Duties: Hostess, team supervision, registration.
 Purchasing Department 2011-2012
ABC Petroleum Company
Duties: Responsible for income and outcome items and
sales officer

Volunteer Doha Film Festival 2012

Activities
United Nations Conference 2012
20th World Petroleum Congress 2011
If you have very few then explain them a little more.

Awards Honor Standing- College of the North Atlantic -Qatar 2014

Achievement Honor Standing -College of the North Atlantic -Qatar 2013
1st Place in Calculus -ABC High School 2010
Perfect Attendance – ABC Intermediate School 2006

References

Mr. Paul Dunne

Instructor, Marketing
College of the North Atlantic
Phone: +974 4495 2364
E-mail: Paul.dunne@cna-qatar.edu.qa

Mr. Meles Bahru

Instructor, Accounting
College of the North Atlantic
Phone: +974 4495 2872
E-mail: Meles.bahru@cna-qatar.edu.qa

Ms. Melanie Dunsmore

Instructor, Human Resources
College of the North Atlantic
Phone: +974 4495 2379
E-mail: Melanie.dumnsmore@cna-qatar.edu.qa

Do not copy these references!!

 Resume Writing:

 Function: The function of a resume is to inform the audience about you in order to
accomplish something. What you’re trying to accomplish depends on what you’re trying to
do. This might include getting a job, getting into college, winning a scholarship, or being
selected for an internship. There are many reasons to show people your resume.
 Form: Resumes need to look a certain way. This is considered their form. People who read
resumes expect them to include specific information, such as your name, address, and
contact information, education, past jobs, volunteer experience, and special skills. If a
resume does not look like a traditional resume, the reader may be confused and think the
writer is not educated about writing proper resumes.
 Effectiveness: For a resume to be effective, it must demonstrate your knowledge of both
function and form. An effective resume :
- Has a clear purpose that shows why you are writing it

- Is visually appropriate and appealing, or easy to read

- Includes all the necessary information about the writer

- Is grammatically correct with no errors in punctuation or spelling

Easy Scan-ability

The rule of thumb with a resume is to plan it for easy “scan-ability.” Here are a few
suggestions for one to achieve this:

 Use a clean font like or Times New Roman or Arial.

 Use regular 12-point type except when trying to draw attention at which time you can
use larger type, italics or bold. But use with good judgment.
 Also, use MSWord if possible. It has become the industry standard.
 When presenting a resume electronically, one may utilize different color fonts, etc.
Again be very careful not to overdo it, and less is always best.
 Be bold with discretion, i.e. be very careful about what you highlight and bulletined
within one’s resume.
  Promote oneself carefully. Summarize your top 2 to 5 selling points right under your
name.
 In short, within the first few lines of one’s resume the reader can do a brief glance and
quickly get the candidates name, function, and also accomplishments. It is as simple
as that.

Resumes are scanned

Next, one should keep in mind that people generally do not read resumes. Instead, they
quickly scan over it and then determine if it is really worth going back to pay more attention
to the details. So one should understand his or her resume is probably on a manager’s desk
along with 30 others, so presentation is important.

Layout the resume so that with one simple glance, the person eyeing your resume catches:

 What you have accomplished

 What it is you do; and one’s resume should present his or her skills in a way to
capture the attention of the reader.

Action Words/Phrases
Regardless of the type of resume you choose to write, keep it simple, using short, phrased
bullet points and action words to start each bullet point. Action words or phrases include (but
are not limited to):

-Responsible for… 
-Wrote… 
-Led… 
-Managed… 
-Sold… 
-Developed…

Using action words or phrases throughout your resume demonstrates your drive and focus,
which are what employers look for in a new employee.

Types of Resume:

Chronological resumes: A chronological resume typically lists each job you have
held in order, beginning with the most recent. This type works well for the person with
several years of relevant experience, especially when the job titles you’ve held show an ever
increasing amount of responsibility. The modified chronological resume allows for changing
the order in which jobs are presented to highlight those most relevant to the position being
sought.

Functional resumes: Functional resumes are good for people with too little or too
much experience. If you do not have years of experience in the hospitality industry, but you
have abilities and skills you have learned as a student, volunteer, or through a hobby or sport,
the functional resume lets you highlight these strengths and downplay your lack of industry
experience.

If covering your years of experience in a chronological resume would require more than two
pages, or if the description of your responsibility in several jobs would be repeating the same
information, a functional resume gives you more latitude in how to organize information.

Combination resumes: Professional resume writers and career counselors often

recommend combining the best qualities of the chronological and functional resume. Your
work history is presented in chronological order, but it may come after a review of your
functional skills and your achievements. Another combination variation lists your jobs in
chronological order, but in place of a description of responsibilities and duties, you list
achievements and demonstrated skills used or learned.

Targeted resumes: A targeted resume may be any of the three types above, but it is
written for a specific company or a specific position. You use a targeted resume when you
know about a particular job opening either through someone in your network or through a
formal posting of the position in a classified ad or on a job board.