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Resume Examples with Current Unemployment
The following sample resumes show how to use volunteer experience, personal activities, parenting, and family matters to address current unemployment. Click on the job title to see the whole resume.
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Senior Software Engineer
Sample Resume for a Job as Senior Software Engineer This job seeker is currently unemployed and has short-term employment stints, disguised by listing only years (not months) in the Professional Experience section. He wants to remain in the high-tech field, where he has many years under his belt. He avoided age discrimination by listing early [...]
Software Engineer/ Programmer
Sample Resume for a Job as Software Engineer / Programmer This self-employed/unemployed professional is determined to stay in the same field as he now looks for full-time employment with a company. Note how he handled the name change of a former employer (top of page two) and how he includes his military service at the [...]
Teacher, Fulbright Commission: English, Art, Literature, Social Sciences
Sample Resume for a Job as Teacher, Fulbright Commission Subjects: English, Art, Literature, Social Sciences This resume for a mother re-entering the workforce shows that she is a dynamic woman who has done volunteer work concurrent with attaining a teaching credential, which she’ll need for her new career. Although she is technically unemployed, she looks [...]
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 Manager for an Internet/ Software Company
Sample Resume for a Job as a Project Manager for an Internet / Software company Like many professionals in the high-tech field, this job seeker has many short-term, project-oriented jobs in her work history. She is currently unemployed and seeking a vertical move in her career. Chronological resume. Plain Text version of this resume for [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Marketing or Marketing Management
Sample Resume for a job in Marketing or Marketing Management This new college graduate is currently unemployed. She listed two internships under Professional Experience because they were part of her MBA program. Now that she has her Master’s degree, she’s ready to re-enter the workforce to continue her career in marketing. Chronological resume. Plain Text [...]
Program Coordination and National/ International Promotions
Sample Resume for a job in Program Coordination and National / International Promotions, Working with California Vintners. This resume uses volunteer, college, and travel experience while attending college to demonstrate the applicant’s qualifications for her job objective, which is a career change from the work she performed prior to earning her M.A. Notice how she [...]
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 [...]
Faculty of Law, Teaching Real Estate Transactional and Land Use Law
Sample Resume for a Position as Faculty of Law at a University, Teaching Real Estate Transactional and Land Use Law This job seeker has terminated his employment at his most recent law firm because he wants to relocate to Japan, where he can use his university teaching experience and his background in real estate law. [...]
Supply Chain Manager or Analyst for a Manufacturing Company
Sample Resume for a job as Supply Chain Manager or Analyst for a Manufacturing Company This resume is strong on accomplishments, although the job seeker seems to have trouble holding down a job. She disguised some employment gaps by listing only years, not months, in her Professional Experience section. She is currently unemployed and hopes [...]
Employment Specialist
Sample Resume for a job as Employment Specialist This father is re-entering the workforce after 14 years of full-time parenting. He wrote about volunteer and temporary jobs that support his job objective, which is a career change from his pre-parenting days. Because he presented his current volunteer work as a job title, it is not [...]
VP of Sales & Marketing or VP of Sales & Operations for a High-Tech Company
Sample Resume for a Job as VP of Sales & Marketing or VP of Sales & Operations for a High-Tech Company Because this job seeker is a professional in the high-tech industry, her short-term employment is viewed as standard rather than job hopping. Her achievement statements are rich with quantified results and promotions, making her [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Operations and Staff Management Position at a University
Sample Resume for a Management Position at a University with Focus on Business Management & Operations and Staff Management & Training Although this applicant is unemployed, his professional experience is rich with achievements, responsibilities, and promotions. With only one employer since his college graduation, it’s clear that he intends to advance in his chosen profession. [...]
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 [...]
Organization Development Consultant
Sample Resume for a Job as Organization Development Consultant with Expertise in Program Design, Team Development, and Crisis Management This Master’s degree candidate is currently unemployed. He highlighted both his pending degree and promotion-filled employment history in the Experience section of his resume. Note how he used a professional title near the top of the [...]
Organizational Development Consultant
Sample Resume for a Job as Organizational Development Consultant This resume is for a mother who is currently unemployed and re-entering the workforce after 13 years of full-time parenting. She wrote about her extensive volunteer work under Professional Experience, which supported her career change from the one she had prior to her gap in employment. [...]
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 [...]
Technical Writer or Research Analyst, PCs or Semiconductors