Using the following example and keeping in mind at whom your resume is directed choose the format of your own resume and explain your choice. See an example of chronological one

Alternative CV

Targeted CV

This type of CV emphasizes your abilities and achievements which are directly relevant to a specific job target. It is best used when you are planning a change of career direction.

Advantages:

1. If you want to emphasize abilities and achievements that have not been used in your most recent job(s).

2. If you are changing career direction.

3. If you have had a large number of jobs and you would prefer to describe the experience you have gained in total.

4. If you want to include voluntary/unpaid experience.

5. If your work history has been patchy in recent years, either through unemployment, redundancy, self-employment, ill health, etc.

6. If you have several completely different job targets and you need a CV for each.

Disadvantages:

1. If you want to highlight promotions/career growth — you could include this sort of information on the second page of your CV, but it would not be as prominent as on a Performance CV.

2. If your most recent employer is highly prestigious, because their name will not be prominently displayed on the first page. You can get round this by putting their name in both the profile and cover letter.

3. Unusual CV format — may not be liked by everyone.

This sort of CV is suitable for creative careers in, for example, writing, public relations and fashion designers. It is not suitable for senior managers/executives who would be better advised to use the Performance CV.

Advantages:

1. If the job requires exceptional talent in either the written or visual mediums.

2. If you will be applying directly to the person you will be working for.

Disadvantages:

1. Not to be used if you are seeking a management position.

2. If you are planning to apply through normal channels such as advertised vacancies/the Personnel Department.

This CV format may fail utterly if your ideas are not well received by the recipient of your CV.

Combined CV

In the Combined format, you capitalize on the best of both the Chronological and the Functional formats by emphasizing your skills first, followed by an employment history. A Combined format is especially useful if your employment history is not directly related to the job target, yet denotes responsibility and potential.

Chronological resume: SVETLANA PETRENKO P. O. Box 9434 Lviv, Ukraine 290005 Telephone: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] PERSONAL INFORMATION Date of Birth: August 7, 1977 Place of Birth: Lviv, Ukraine Citizenship: Ukrain Language spoken: Ukrainian, English, Russian, Polish EDUCATION 1994 High School 53, Lviv Ukraine, received high school diploma 1994 Gilmer High School, Gilmer Texas, received high school diploma, with honors 1995 - present Law Faculty, Lviv State University, Ukraine 1995 Pre-law department, Lviv State University, Ukraine 1996 Alpbach Summer Program on European Integration, Austria 1997 Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute (FTUSI), History and Political Studies, USA 1998 course on Conflict Resolution at St. Paul's University, Ottawa, Canada WORK EXPERIENCE 1998 Intern in the House of Commons, Ottawa Canada, office of Dennis Mills 1995 English Teacher, 11 th grade, School 99, Lviv, Ukraine 1994-1996 Research Assistant to Julie-Anne Franko, graduate student Yale University AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 1998 Full Scholarship to Canada -Ukraine Parliamentary Program 1997 Full Scholarship to Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute Summer Program 1996 Full Scholarship to Alpbach Summer Program on European Integration 1994 Globe Scholar Award, Gilmer USA 1994 Second place, University Interscholastic League District Award for Speech Making 1993 Rotary Scholarship: one year exchange program to the USA 1992 Lviv Regional English Language Olympiad, II prize   COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES 1998 President of Rotaract Club of Lviv. Head of the project in Livchytsi Boarding School for Mentally Impaired Children, English-Ukrainian Simultaneous Translator, TAIZE meetings, Stuttgart Germany, Vienna Austria HUSI Alumni Association Youth Group, Trinity Church, (Greek-Catholic) SKILLS AND INTERESTS Driving (license 1995) Computer, IBM, Macintosh (Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, E-mail, Internet) Judo

Note!

1. Your CV is the information on which your potential employer bases his or her decision on whether to bother interviewing you or not.

2. Your CV should be suitable for each job application — the information should be relevant to the job that you are applying for.

3. Don't be afraid to oversell yourself. Obviously don't blatantly (очевидно) lie on your CV, but you can exaggerate your existing skills (especially if you know for sure that you can do what you are saying you can).

4. Your CV must stand out (відрізняться) from the rest — it's an advert for the skills and services you have to offer.

What should you leave out of your CV?

1. Photos — the only people who need to include these are models, actors, actresses and possibly air cabin crew. Any sort of failure — exams, marriages, businesses, etc.

2. Reasons for leaving each job.

3. Salary information — this can only be used to reject your application. If an advertisement specifically requests this information you can always include the information in your cover letter.

4. Fancy patterns/borders — these detract from your presentation.

5. Title pages, binders (палітурка) and folders (бpoшypa) are usually unnecessary and can be off-putting (though if you are doing a special presentation, enclosing your CV in a binder may look more impressive).

6. Do not include a list of publications if you are a scientist, unless they are asked for.

7. Leave out age (put in date of birth instead), weight, height, health, or any other personal information that is irrelevant to your application.

8. Do not use poor quality photocopies of your CV — they make it look as though you are sending off your CV to lots of companies and that you may not be bothered who you work for.

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