Chronological Resume

Your Name

Street Address

City, State, Zip Code

Telephone  Number

E-mail Address

OBJECTIVE STATEMENT:

Tell the reader what position you are applying for and in a sentence or two the skills you have to fulfill that job.  Focus on the employer needs, not your wants. 

EDUCATION:  (List most recent education first)

¨ List any college or training above high school first. If you don’t have college then list your high school. 

¨ If you have a high gpa list it here, anything below a 3.0 don’t list. 

¨ You may put down that you are planning to go to College if that is one of your goals and what you plan on studying. 

¨ Under the school you attended you can list a couple of classes that might help you in the job you are looking to obtain

EXPERIENCE: (list your most recent work experience first)

Title of Position, Dates of employment, Name of Employer, City, State

· Use action verbs in the past tense and use a different action verb in each statement

· Results of tasks are important, as well as quantity (how much you increased sales, how many children you supervised, how you saved the company time or money)

· Volunteer experience may be listed here or under the Recognition and Activities section

· Do not use I or My statements.  You do not need complete sentences such as you would use in the cover letter, but phrases that describe your experience

RECOGNITION AND ACTIVITIES

            List clubs, volunteer experience (if not listed under experience), scholarships, awards or activities that might be related to the job

REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Optional)

Use this section as a heading only.  Do not include references on your resume – bring a sheet to the interview that lists your references.  Make sure they are not friends and relatives, but people who can vouch for your dependability and good work ethics.

It is okay to have a two page resume but, you don’t want to be wordy just to fill up space.

TERRY CHRONOLOGICAL

1234 Wonderful Drive

Farmington, NM 87401

(Phone)  505/ 777-8888

(E-mail)  tstark@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVE STATEMENT:

To obtain a job as a receptionist in a Pediatrician’s office that utilizes insight learned by working with pre-school children and their parents.

EDUCATION:

            San Juan College, Farmington, New Mexico, Fall 2005 gpa 3.2/4.0

o Child Growth and Development

o Guiding Young Children

§ Received an A on a paper entitled “Dealing with Aggression and Anger in Children”

o Final grades were A’s in both classes

            South Campus High School, Farmington, New Mexico                                May 1991

o Microsoft Skills Class

§ Learned Word, Access, and Excel

EXPERIENCE:

Food Server, IHOP (2004 to present), Farmington, New Mexico

¨ Provide excellent customer service

¨ Solved communication problems by using Navajo fluency to converse with customers with limited English skills

¨ Tally receipts at the end of day

¨ Make daily deposits for manager

Daycare Worker, Self Employed, (2001-2004), Farmington New Mexico

· Took care of up to 5 preschool children

· Provided a learning environment by creating materials that were fun and age appropriate

· Learned first aid and CPR to be prepared for small emergencies

Treasurer, PTA volunteer, Hermosa JH, (1998 - 2001), Farmington New Mexico

· Prepared reports on all transactions for organization

· Was in charge of making phone calls to parents and businesses in community during a fundraising campaign for new books for the school library, called over 200 parents and received commitments from 65 individuals

AWARDS, RECOGNITION and ACTIVITIES:

            Employee of the Month, IHOP, March 2006

A PTA Special Appreciation Certificate for making the book campaign a success (2000)

Treasurer, South Campus Computer Club (1990 & 1991)

REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST