Sample Functional Resume
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The sample functional resume below is a method of presenting what could be perceived as a “questionable” work history in a positive manner. It’s especially useful for de-emphasizing employment gaps, doesn’t identify you as a job hopper or calls attention to the employer that you’ve been in one job too long and your resume has gone stale.
The sample functional resume highlights your job skills, experience and responsibilities, but doesn’t mention where you worked or when. This format is useful for:
- Those who have job-hopped with no apparent career path, had stagnant careers who want to hide a lack of vertical advancement or have held the same position for several companies
- College graduates with little experience
- Professionals who now wish to change careers
- Stay-at-home moms reentering the workforce
- Military personnel making the transition to civilian life
- Older folks wishing to disguise a long work history and deemphasize their age.
You can also create a combination resume which contains your job title, name and location of employer, and work history stated in years employed and list positions in reverse chronological order. Keep in mind that this format doesn’t deemphasize the elements you wish to downplay.
Sample Functional Resume
In essence, the sample functional resume represents one that is harder to write than a chronological resume, because you must summarize what you did and when but still maintain your logical flow. The example that follows is but one way to do this. I’ve tried to do the layout within the limitations of the WIKI format. Remember that white space is a good thing.
Note: The names of companies and individuals are works of fiction. There has been no intentional links to any companies or people, living or deceased.
OBJECTIVE
- Marketing Division Manager where my experience and recruiting ability can be effectively utilized for increased profitability.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
- * More than 15 years Sales Management experience
- * Expert internet advertising banner ads, E-mail, search engines, blogs
- * Fluent in Spanish and Russian, can understand Chinese
- * Proficient Windows Platform: 98, 2000, XP, MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PageMaker
- * Proficient Macintosh Platform: OS, MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Quark
- * Published author: 20 magazine articles and 3 books. See Web site for complete list
SALES
- Successfully developed niche in emerging Chinese market for WhamJet Widgets. Online advertising campaigns won three successive Look At Me awards. Created award-winning sales manuals now used company-wide. Recruited and built dynamic sales team. Sales increased from $1.5 million to $25 million.
MANAGEMENT
- Directed activities of 35-member sales and customer service team. Maintained turnover below 15%, lowest in the company.
FINANCIAL
- Wrote quarterly and yearly forecasts. Presented reports to Board of Directors and annual Stockholders meeting.
PRODUCTION
- Developed and implemented time-saving techniques that reduced manufacturing of WhamJet Widgets by 22%. Hands-on approach to product manufacturing. Interfaced with IT team.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Sales Manager
- California WhamJets 7 years
- Yorktown, CA
- Assistant Sales Manager
- WIKI Widgets 13 years
- Los Angeles, CA
- Department Manager
- Frisbees Electronics 8 years
- Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
- Bachelor of Science, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA. Honors.
- Masters of Management, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA, Magna Cum Laude
More Info About Writing Resumes
- How To Write A Resume
- Sample Chronological Resume
- How To Write A Resume Cover Letter
- Sample Resume Cover Letter
- Sample Resume Objective
- Resume References
- Salary History
- Resume Writing Tip: Screening
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Comments
Hi Katrina,
As a stay at home mom, you have plenty to add to your resume. What skills have you used to manage your household? This is a great tool to highlight your organizational skills. Along these same lines, you can promote yourself as a experience in time management as you juggle and maintain more than one schedule and/or responsibility.
Other items you can include may involve skills use in:
- Involvement in community groups
- Involvement in volunteer organizations
- Activities to promote products
- Interests/hobbies
I am former military, now stay at home mom looking to reenter the workforce. I don't know where to start with my resume, can you offer some help? thanks
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