I am interested in hiring managers’ thoughts on functional resumes.  I always hated these!!   It just always felt more like bragging because the idea was to summarize skills in a more abstract way (and will I be believed?) rather than just stating facts, such as I produced x dollars in revenue for the company in the year 2000.  I like facts that cannot be argued.

Although I haven’t had a need to create a resume lately, in my operational role I see  a number of resumes.  I also look at them for recruiting and I am slowly but surely changing my tune.  Do hiring decision makers find these resumes more helpful when searching for new talent nowadays?  Is the fact that many new opportunities are a combination of prior roles affecting the way resumes are read?  If you were to advise a job seeker on what it is you look for, what would that be?

Based on the information in my previous post, it seems like this type of resume would be MUCH more effective in today’s job market.   Is this the type of resume that hiring managers find most helpful when searching for employees?  If so, has this always been true or are we witnessing a shift?