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LANDING JOBS AT FOREIGN-AFFILIATED FIRMS
Functional resume caters to special cases
By ROCHELLE KOPP
Functional resume
The functional resume emphasizes experience acquired through various job responsibilities, and de-emphasizes where that experience was gained and/or dates of employment. Keep in mind that many employers still view this style skeptically, and since employers are used to seeing reverse chronological resumes, it is best to have a definite reason for selecting this format.
The following people are likely to benefit from using a functional resume format:
Older workers -- since it minimizes dates.
Career changers -- since it outlines transferable work skills.
Recent graduates who don't have a lot of professional experience in their field, but do have relevant course work or training.
Returnees -- people returning after an absence from the work force, since it minimizes dates.
Those wishing to emphasize skills not used in recent work experiences.
The functional resume allows one to project a more obvious match between one's skills, knowledge, and experience, and the requirements of the available position or career field of interest.
Since this format highlights major skills and accomplishments from the start, the reader can specifically see what the applicant has to offer, rather than being forced to glean this from listed job descriptions.
The functional resume can also help to direct the focus in a new direction or toward a new field, by highlighting the key skills and qualifications from previous jobs to demonstrate how the applicant would likely fare in a new area. Actual company names and positions, listed without job descriptions, take a secondary position.
The experience portion of a functional resume has two distinct sections:
Section one includes current or previous job responsibilities, career-related accomplishments, transferable skills, and specialized knowledge pertinent to the position or career field of interest.
To create this section, identify three to six significant skills or qualifications required of the position or area being targeted. For example, if interested in a sales position, headings such as "Customer Orientation," "Communication," and "Problem Solving" would categorize needed skills.
Under these headings, insert relevant job responsibilities, accomplishments, skills, and knowledge. Thus, there will be one main heading (i.e., "Relevant Experience" or "Summary of Experience"), followed by your skill headings, with specific information under those.
Section two includes information on employers, positions, and dates of employment associated with information in the first section. This section can be labeled "Work History" or "Employment History."
Rochelle Kopp is an authority on cross-cultural communication in the business environment. She is the managing principal of Japan Intercultural Consulting, a U.S.-based firm with branches in Japan and Europe offering cross-cultural training to both Japanese and non-Japanese organizations.
