{"id":158,"date":"2015-04-30T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T11:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/career-advice\/functional-resumes\/"},"modified":"2019-09-21T07:48:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T14:48:32","slug":"functional-resumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/functional-resumes\/","title":{"rendered":"Functional Resumes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1861\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/functional-resumes-e1429203229201.png\" alt=\"functional resumes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/functional-resumes-e1429203229201.png 600w, https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/functional-resumes-e1429203229201-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nFunctional resumes make up one of the three main types of resumes. Today\u2019s resumes typically include functional, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/chronological-resumes\/\">chronological <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/combination-resumes\/\">combination resumes<\/a>. Functional resumes group your job experience.<\/p>\n<p>You should create a functional resume if:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You have a broad range of experiences, instead of clear progression in a particular career<\/li>\n<li>Your experience is not obviously related to the job you want<\/li>\n<li>Emphasizing talents and accomplishments outweighs listing employers, job titles and length of service<\/li>\n<li>Most of your experience is unpaid, including volunteer work and leadership activities<\/li>\n<li>You want to change careers<\/li>\n<li>Some or many of your jobs were at the same level and repeating the description of each job would emphasize a lack of progression in your career. (Perhaps you stayed at a certain work level for personal reasons, such as illness, education, or family needs.)<\/li>\n<li>You have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/closing-the-gap\/\">gaps<\/a> in your resume \u2013 from a disability, education, homemaking, childrearing, or illness<\/li>\n<li>Listing your experience by date would make you look overqualified, underqualified, too young or too old (even though employers are not allowed to discriminate against your age)<\/li>\n<li>You are not seeking work in a very conservative field, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/banking-finance-insurance-jobs\">finance, banking<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/legal-jobs\">law<\/a>. Recruiters and employers in these fields tend to expect \u201cregular\u201d chronological resumes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sections<\/strong><br \/>\nWrite your functional resume so that your skills, experiences and talents fall into the following categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Personal details (your name, address, phone number, email address)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/writing-your-resume-objective\/\">Objective<\/a> (the position you seek)<\/li>\n<li>Profile (a summary of your talents and experiences)<\/li>\n<li>Key accomplishments (cluster your accomplishments under three functional categories)<\/li>\n<li>Experience (list your positions, employers and dates)<\/li>\n<li>Education (your education and training)<\/li>\n<li>Awards and recognition (note any awards or special recognition you\u2019ve received)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sample Funtional Resume\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">John Doe<br \/>\n#1-1239 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 4R8<br \/>\n604-555-5555<br \/>\njohn_doe@bcjobs.ca<\/p>\n<p><strong>Objective<\/strong><br \/>\nTo contribute to an entrepreneurial mid-sized software company as a market research analyst<\/p>\n<p><strong>Profile<\/strong><br \/>\nMarket research analyst with experience in market research, writing and analysis for business and non-profit organizations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Accomplishments<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Market research<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sized market for student bus passes in Vancouver<\/li>\n<li>Developed target market profiles for a local consumer goods store<\/li>\n<li>Conducted 75 telephone interviews to develop a database of likely contributors for a fundraiser<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Writing<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wrote market research reports, ranging from an analysis of the student transit market in Vancouver to demand for sporting goods at a local retailer<\/li>\n<li>Published eight articles in student newspaper<\/li>\n<li>Edited more than 25 contributions for a four-page employee newsletter each month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Analysis<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Analyzed market data using Microsoft Excel, summarizing findings through charts and written reports<\/li>\n<li>Reviewed Microsoft Access database of customers, identifying the top 15 percent most profitable customers, so that a local consumer goods store could target campaigns<\/li>\n<li>Examined Maximizer database profiles of 75 people interviewed by telephone and recommended further follow up, helping organization reach $10,000 fundraising goal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Experience<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alumni Fundraising Committee Coordinator. BCIT Student Society. Vancouver. May to August 2014.<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Manager and Newsletter Editor. Reruns Sporting Goods Exchange. Burnaby. September 2012 to April 2014.<\/li>\n<li>Member at Large. Vancouver High School Student Transit Group. Vancouver. September 2010 to June 2012.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Education<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Diploma of Technology. Marketing Management. BCIT. 2010.<\/li>\n<li>Grade 12 Dogwood Diploma. Churchill Secondary School. Vancouver. 2008.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Awards and Recognition<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Received top mark in Marketing 1102 course.<\/li>\n<li>Named Employee of the Month three times at Reruns Sporting Goods Exchange.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related to Functional Resumes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/chronological-resumes\/\">Chronological resumes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/combination-resumes\/\">Combination resumes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/writing-your-resume-objective\/\">Writing your resume objective<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Need to break away from the traditional resume format? 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