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:15Sample Rd Melbourne VIC3000
　　Email: @
　　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 of18people
　　－Liaise with advertising agencies (above and below the line) and brief in all campaigns
　　－Responsible for $15million dollar advertising budget and $80 million turnover
　　－Launched two new brands onto national market gaining15per cent and22per cent market share respectively within two years, earning the MIA’s1998Award 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 -78stores
　　－Build in-store promotional displays (12product lines)
　　－Liaise with store managers and advise on re-ordering quantities (increased average store buy by28per cent in six months)
　　－Maximise shelf display coverage and facings
　　－Managed and co-ordinated28sales promotional events per year.
　　EDUCATION
　　University of Queensland, Bachelor of Business (Marketing)1996
　　Seacliff TAFE, Associate Diploma in Marketing1986
　　COMPUTERS
　　Platforms: Apple, IBM
　　Software: Windows95, Word6, Excel, PowerPoint, PageMaker, Internet-trained