When you submit your resume for a position, you should highlight your accomplishments with previous companies, focus on your strengths, and present your information in a neat, clear, and concise manner. Sounds easy. How do you decide what format to use for your resume and what font would be most appropriate? How do you find examples or templates to use so you have a sort-of blueprint that you can simply cut and paste your own information into without having to be a professional graphic designer or computer whiz? Finding a resume template is actually very easy, and I'll show you three different places to find just the right template to use for that dream job application.
- Since you have found and are reading this article, I'll assume that you know how to navigate in this crazy, mixed up cyber-world. There are many websites out there that offer resume writing advice and examples to benefit everyone from high school and young college students to those "more mature" job hunters. If you are a recent college grad or are soon to be one, check out www.collegegrad.com. This site has over 30 different FREE downloadable templates which focus on all kinds of degrees from Accounting to Zoology, and there is plenty of advice to be had on creating the perfect resume.
- One of the more well-known websites for job seekers, www.monster.com, offers a few templates that can be used to see how a basic resume should be set up, but the examples are formatted to be presented on Monster's website, so none of them show off interesting fonts or different ways of organizing your resume. However, both Monster.com and other sites like www.hotjobs.com and www.careerbuilder.com do offer links to several resume-writing services websites (These sites will do all the work for you - for a fee of course).
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Author: Liz Strader