The Musician'S Resume Handbook Page 12
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41FORMAT
Once you have thoroughly brainstormed your past and current experiences, it is time to decide on
a format for your résumé. The format you choose as the framework for your résumé depends on
your background, the kind of job for which you are applying, and the way you woul dlike to
present yourself.
The four most common résumé formats used by musicians are Chronological, Order of
Importance, Functional and Targeted.
Chronological
A chronological résumé, as the name suggests, lists your work experience in chronological (or
more typically, reverse chronological) order. This format enables the reader to track your work
history easily, check for gaps of unemployment and visualize your professional growth.
The entire résumé need not be in reverse chronological order. Most people who use this format
will have sub-categories, much like those listed in the résumé category section on pages 6-7, and
will arrange information in reverse chronological order only within each category. The résumé
on the previous two pages provides a good example.
Order of Importance
With this format, experience is listed in the order of importance to the reader, enabling him/her to
see your most relevant and impressive information first. This form is almost always used for
performance résumés.
Functional
A functional résumé highlights your skills, abilities and accomplishments rather than the places
where you obtained them. Past work experience should be listed separately, but the focus is on
skill. This format is not commonly used for music positions.
Targeted
A targeted résumé is not as much of a format as it is a style. It is often eclectic, using
characteristics of each of the first three formats, and is used most often to produce a highly
focused résumé for a very specific job. Most performance résumés are targeted résumés; that is,
they eliminate all peripheral information and discuss the only two things that auditioners are
interested in: training and performance experience.
A targeted résumé does not have to be limited to performance jobs. Any résumé that you are
writing solely for a specific job would be a targeted résumé.
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