Functional Resume Examples
The following sample resumes all use the functional format. Click on the job title to see the whole resume.
Flight Engineer
Sample Resume for a Job as Flight Engineer
This job seeker is returning to the civilian workforce after having served in the military. He used a professional title near the top of his one-page resume instead of the traditional job objective statement. To avoid age discrimination, he did not place dates under Education. Functional resume. [...]
Secondary English Teacher at High School Level
Sample Resume for a Job as Secondary English Teacher at the High School Level
This job seeker managed two tricky issues in her resume: job hopping and a career change. She used a functional resume format to stress her skills rather than her sketchy work history, which contains job titles that are not relevant to her [...]
ESL Teacher
Sample Resume for a Job as ESL (English as Second Language Teacher
The Education and Credentials section was placed near the top of this resume because the applicant’s new credential is highly relevant to her job objective and will help advance her career as a teacher. Notice how she explained her gap in employment by stating [...]
Medical/ Pharmaceutical Sales
Sample Resume for a job in Medical / Pharmaceutical Sales
This resume exudes energy and enthusiasm. This job seeker has moved quickly through several jobs and has at least one gap in employment when she moved from Spain to the U.S. From her Education section we learn that she received high-level education and training while living [...]
Manufacturer’s Sales Representative in the Fashion Industry
Sample Resume for a Job as a Manufacturer’s Sales Representative in the Fashion Industry
This job seeker has a colorful work history filled with job hopping, self-employment, and a gap in employment due to travel. He wants to make a slight career change within the sales field. With no dates in his Education section, it is [...]
Customer Service Representative
Sample Resume for a Job as Customer Service Representative
With a history of temporary and short-term jobs, this career changer created a very marketable resume even though he has no college degree and is currently unemployed. Functional resume. Plain Text version of this resume for posting online.
Project Management Focusing on Program Development and Training
Sample Resume for a Job in Project Management, Focusing on Program Development and Training
This job candidate has been hard at work on his Ph.D. program, which he has not yet completed. His work history lists short-term jobs and one gap in employment during his education. He is currently unemployed and is seeking a position in [...]
Project Manager
Sample Resume for a job as Project Manager
This job seeker used a resume format that keeps the employer’s focus on the job objective, which is a career change for the applicant. Note how the accomplishments in the body of the resume were categorized according to where they happened. Functional resume. Plain Text version of [...]
Program Manager or Project Manager in the Auto Industry
Sample Resume for a job as a Program Manager or Project Manager in the Auto Industry
Although this job seeker does not have a college degree, he is clearly an achiever with multiple promotions within his more relevant place of employment. At the time he wrote this resume, he was unemployed. Functional resumePlain Text version of [...]
3-D Modeler and Animator
Sample Resume for a job as 3-D Modeler and Animator
This young man has a new college degree and little paid experience, which was concurrent with his education. He relies heavily on his freelance and school work to support his job objective. He wrote a professional title just under his name in the resume heading to [...]
Marketing/ Sales with a Sporting Goods Retailer
Sample Resume for a Job in Marketing / Sales with a Sporting Goods Retailer
This job seeker moved from one company to another, which makes him look like a job hopper, when, in fact, it was his whole sales team that moved from one employer to another. Notice how he presented his many short-term jobs, using [...]
Management, Marketing Communications
Sample Resume for a job in Management, Marketing Communications
This resume is for someone who is an achiever in his field with a few obstacles to overcome when convincing an employer to hire him. Notice that the most recent entry in his Work History hides the fact that he was actually unemployed while doing several jobs [...]
International Human Resources
Sample Resume for a job in International Human Resources
This job seeker worked his way through college. So that he doesn’t appear to be a job hopper, he listed several of his short-term jobs under a subcategory, “Mostly Concurrent with Education.” With this resume he plans to make a career change. Functional resume. Plain Text [...]
Employee Training, Focus on Team Building
Sample Resume for a job in Employee Training with a Focus on Team Building
This resume lists promotions in the Work History section and uses subheadings in the Professional Experience section to explain where achievements took place. Notice that the job seeker did not place dates in the Education section so as to hide his age. [...]
Automotive Service Manager/ Director
Sample Resume for a Job as Automotive Service Manager / Director
This resume begins on a confident note with a professional title near the top. Just under the “Relevant Accomplishments” heading, the job seeker gave the name of the employer where all the accomplishments took place. This technique allowed him to take the spotlight off his [...]
Government Affairs Director
Sample Resume for a Job as Government Affairs Director
To downplay this job seeker’s age, he tucked his graduation date between the college degree and the university on each line in his Education section. Functional resume, Plain Text version of this resume for posting online.
Executive Director for Performing Arts for Children
Sample Resume for a Job as Nonprofit Executive Director in a Performing Arts for Children Organization
This resume artfully presents the job seeker’s professional expertise and personal interests to support his job objective. Despite being currently unemployed/self-employed, and having a gap in employment due to education, he is clearly a qualified job candidate. Functional resume. [...]
Librarian in an Academic Setting
Sample Resume for a Job as Librarian in an Academic Setting with Special Interest in the Arts and Humanities
This librarian is currently unemployed because she is re-entering the workforce after several years as a full-time parent. She highlighted her MLS degree by placing the Education section near the top of page one, and avoided disclosing [...]
Management Coach/ Management Consultant
Sample Resume for a Job as Management Coach / Management Consultant
This job seeker used a very confident introduction by writing a professional title at the top of her resume instead of the traditional job objective statement. Not until we get to page two do we get a hint that she is currently unemployed and has [...]
Geriatric Consultant
Sample Resume for a Job as Geriatric Consultant specializing in Program Management, Training & Staff Development, and Client Relations
This resume uses a professional title near the top of page one instead of a job objective statement, which works well for this professional, who is staying in his career of many years. By not putting dates [...]
Position in the Holistic Health and Beauty Field: Client Relations, Sales, and Office Management
Sample Resume for a job in the Holistic Health and Beauty Field with Emphasis on Client Relations, Sales, and Office Management
To make a slight career change, this job seeker organized her qualifications under relevant skill headings in the Selected Accomplishments section of her resume. Functional resume. Plain Text version of this resume for [...]
Administrative Assistant Focusing on Client Relations/ Customer Service
Sample Resume for a Job as Administrative Assistant focusing on Client Relations / Customer Service
This career administrative support professional downplayed the fact that she has no college degree by not having an Education section on her resume. She used subheadings under the skill headings to clearly indicate where her many achievements took place. Functional [...]
Project Management, Focus on Organization and Training
Sample Resume for a job as Project Manager Specializing in Organization and Training
This resume uses paid and volunteer experience (listed under Additional Experience in the Work History section and referred to in a statement under Relevant Accomplishments) to support her career change. Because the job seeker has no college degree, she eliminated the Education section [...]
Generalist Position in Human Resources
Sample Resume for a job as Generalist in Human Resources
This career changer wanted to highlight his transferable skills by creating subheadings under the Relevant Experience section. Because his relevant experience came from one place of employment, he listed that employer at the top of the Experience section. Within his Work History section he mentioned his [...]
Administrative Position Using Skills in Desktop Publishing
Sample Resume for an Administrative Position Using Skills in Desktop Publishing.
This job seeker is currently unemployed and seeking a job in the same line of work as she previously held. Under Work History, she handled job hopping and employment gaps by listing only years (no months), and she gave the name of the agency where [...]
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