Chronological Resume Template
Chronological Resume Template
This template has been created to assist you with crafting your resume with the guidance of your Coach. Please use the
headings as a guide only.
FRONT PAGE
Only include what is most important for the role you are targeting on the front page, your Coach can help with this.
CAREER PROFILE
(Use Career Profile resource on the JA Portal to summarise your area of expertise, experience, most marketable /
relevant skills, and unique offering. Consider this as your elevator pitch or value proposition see example below.)
CORE SKILLS
(Only include Functions or Competencies (not character traits) – be guided by what the job advert asks for)
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KEY CAPABILITIES
(Include this section if you wish to provide more context to your skills/ experience in place of the list above. Although you
may have mentioned tasks in your Career Profile already, remember repetition in context is important for the ATS)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
(Include your relevant degrees, certificates and professional development courses)
Course Institute Year Completed
CAREER SUMMARY
(You can go back as far as you feel is relevant and tells the story you want to about your career)
Role Organisation Duration of Employment
Role Title Organisation Yr - Yr
Role Title Organisation Yr - Yr
Role Title Organisation Yr - Yr
SECOND PAGE
This is where we dive into the detail of your work experience in a reverse chronological order. Try to leave no gaps and
explain those that exist e.g. Career Break, Study Break, Maternity or Paternity Leave. Follow this format to cover the last
10 years in detail. For positions prior to the last 10 years, write a brief summary of purpose and scope of role only.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Role Name of organisation Month Year – Month Year
(Include brief description of the organisation: What it does, annual turnover/ revenue, where it is represented, number of
employees and industry. See below as an example)
(Include a brief summary about the purpose and scope of your role. Make sure mention your job title. See below as
example)
Responsibilities
(Use the JA Portal Resources to create a tactical list of your responsibilities using active, dynamic verbs to provide
context and position you at the right level. See example below)
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Achievements
(Use the JA Portal Resources to build Achievement Statements that provide context, are measurable, specific and
include the action and result achieved. See example below)
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*If you have had many roles within the same company it may be more suitable to use the format below instead*
(Include brief description of the organisation: What it does, annual turnover/ revenue, where it is represented, number of
employees and industry.
Achievements
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Responsibilities
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Achievements
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LAST PAGE
Consider this where you list the information that wasn’t important enough or specific enough to the role to put on the first
page but that you don’t want to emit e.g. Internal training or professional development if the list is quite long
This could also be where you include headings for Volunteer experience, Professional Memberships, and any
Professional Development.
REFEREES
(Watch our brief References Video on the JA Portal for a quick guide on best practice but if you are specifically requested
to include them you can list as provided below)
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