Career expert Kim Isaacs makes the point graphically in her recent blog post: Functional resumes won’t work. They raise more questions than they answer.
After all, why do other-worldly career and outplacement services recommend functional resumes? Because they believe you have a problem with your past. They want to disguise the problem by, they say, focusing on your skills.
That’s like hiding an elephant under a blanket. Everybody knows something’s there…and frankly, what they guess is even worse than what’s real.
The good news: you can create a chronological resume that displays your skills equally well. Check out the template in my own irreverent job search guide.
And for midlife career changers, chances are your first contact with an employer will not be the resume. You will be networking or working with a recruiter. A resume is important, but it’s one step in your overall job search strategy.
