最好的简历是写得既简短又內容丰富。目前英文简历主要这三种形式：按年月順序编排的简历、按技能和能力編排的简历及混合形式的简历。下面分别以范例进行描述：
第一大类、按年月順序编排的简历： 这是一种最常见的写简历的方式。它从最近的工作经历讲起﹐列举每一份工作的成绩，然后再列举教育背景，以时间为主线。
ANNA KING Address: 15 Sample Rd Melbourne VIC 3000
Email: a.king@jxue.com
Home phone: (123) 9999-1234
Work phone: (123) 9999-5678
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Marketing Manager (Melbourne) 1995-present time
The Wine and Food Emporium
Duties:
－Manage a staff of 18 people
－Liaise with advertising agencies (above and below the line) and brief in all campaigns
－Responsible for $15 million dollar advertising budget and $80 million turnover
－Launched two new brands onto national market gaining 15 per cent and 22 per cent market share respectively within two years, earning the MIA’s 1998 Award for Best New Product.
－Generated over $200,000 of free trade-journal publicity
Marketing Research Manager 1990-1996
Di Pastio Pasta Products (Queensland)
Duties:
－Merchandise products in supermarkets - 78 stores
－Build in-store promotional displays (12 product lines)
－Liaise with store managers and advise on re-ordering quantities (increased average store buy by 28 per cent in six months)
－Maximise shelf display coverage and facings
－Managed and co-ordinated 28 sales promotional events per year.
EDUCATION
University of Queensland, Bachelor of Business (Marketing) 1996
Seacliff TAFE, Associate Diploma in Marketing 1986
COMPUTERS
Platforms: Apple, IBM
Software: Windows 95, Word 6, Excel, PowerPoint, PageMaker, Internet-trained