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What is a Resume?

Resume is a document used to present a summary of a person's data, like: personal and professional experience or other qualifications, with the purpose of getting an invitation for a job interview. It's often accompanied by cover letter.

A successful resume highlights the most valuable skills and key achievements from previous jobs. It is often tailored to a specific job offer the candidate is responding to.

Some integral part of a resume are:

Such job application document focuses on those features, the employer is looking for and doesn't have to mention information that are irrelevant in the specific job position.

Rsume vs CV - what is the difference?

The term CV is commonly used mainly in Europe and New Zealand. The word 'resume' is used in the USA and Canada. In countries such as South Africa, India and Australia CV and resume are used interchangeably.

When it comes to United States CV and resume are two different things.

CV is a more detailed and longer document, (1-2 pages but can be longer). It describes the entire path of candidate's career, mainly in a chronological order.

Resume, on the other hand, is shorter and typically has 1 page (2 pages as a maximum). It should contain only the key information corresponding to a given job offer. It does not have to be chronological.

Resume Word Examples

If you want to create an effective resume, you need to match its design and content to the position you are applying for. Not always a creative resume format will be the best solution. On the other hand, not always a minimalist, simple Curriculum Vitae will be enough to draw attention.

Are you applying for the position of Sales Representative? Your Resume should look much more different from the one for a job in accountancy. There will be a significant difference between the resume example for first job or students and resume example after college or for specific positions like for customer care or it jobs.

Let's analyze resumes for specific positions. Have a look at the entire database of resume samples.

How to write a good Resume? Top tips

It isn't about how to write a resume for a job. It is all about how to write a good resume that will give you a job you desire.

The truth is, you don't have to be the perfect candidate, but you can have a perfectly written resume.

First, it is good to know if your application is going to be reviewed by a real person or AST robots. If the first option comes into play, then bet on modern resume design that draws attention.

If ATS (Applicant Tracking System) will be parsed your job application, make sure you create ATS friendly resume in order not to be rejected.

However, in both cases, you have to stand out from the crowd.

Try to highlight the key skills and professional experience. Add a resume objective or resume summary statement (also called resume profile). Use bullet points. You can also try to write a skills based resume.

Are you planning to write a resume as a school student or college resume? Then you should read the tips about how to write a resume with no experience.

There are a lot of platforms, apps, resume builders to create a resume or cv. However, one of the best way is to create your resume in Microsoft Word.

You can also try this resume templates resources:

• https://www.shutterstock.com/pl/search/resume
• www.freepik.com/resume-template
• https://www.canva.com/templates/resumes/

Resume Format

Before applying, always check if there are any specific submission details mentioned in a job offer. Sometime employer or HR agencies prefer candidates to apply using a determined resume format. If the job advertisement doesn't contain any special requirements about the file format in, use PDF format.

Free Microsoft Word Resume Templates

Besides paid themes, in our resume library you can also find free downloadable resume templates word (doc / docx format). You can download them directly and edit on your PC. Finally, you can save them as doc / docx file or as pdf file. However Resume in pdf is often the best option to apply for a job.

There are a lot of places where you can download free ms word resume template. You can try the official Microsoft Word website: https://templates.office.com/en-us/resumes-and-cover-letters

Other possibility is to use Google Docs resume templates.

You can also find free resumes doc in when you open your Microsoft Word Software. Just go to File - New and choose Curriculum Vitae Templates and Cover Letters.

See more blank resume templates for Word.

Resume Templates Google Docs

Resume Templates Google Docs are a great method if you want to write resume without Microsoft Word. To access a CV template in Google Docs you just need to log in to your Google account. You customize your Resume document in the cloud. This is a huge benefit because you can access your Job Application from every place and every device where you can log in to your Google account.

There is a wide range of ready to use Job Applications created Google Docs. You can find basic and simple Google Documents Resumes as well as modern CV Designs (mostly ATS-friendly).

To use a Resume Template in Google Docs you need to download a completed resume document to your disk. Possible files formats to download are: PDF (.pdf), MS Word (.docx), Open Document (.odt), Plain text (.txt), Rich text (.rtf), Web page (HTML), EPUB publication (.epub).

You can also generate a sharable link to your Google Docs Resume and send it to a recruiter, headhunter or potential employer.

ATS-fiendly Resume Templates

Statistics show that the great part of applicants are being rejected at the stage of resume parsing by ATS software. This means that their application has no chance to get in front of HR Manager eyes. How to prevent this? How to increase chances that your resume passes ATS system?

What is Applicant Tracking System (ATS)?

Applicant Tracking System (ATS) is a software that helps recruiters and HR Managers in large companies to collect and verify incoming candidates applications. This tool follows its algorithm. That's why it is crucial to build an ATS ready Resume to beat that system.

What are the best practices while creating an ATS friendly application?

• Choose the right resume file. Most appropriate for majority ATS systems are word (.doc / .docx) files. Many ATS can read pdf resumes as well but not all
• Try to avoid fancy graphics, shapes or tables. Keep it as simple as possible

Want to read more tip how to write an ATS friendly resume?

Cover Letter Templates Word

Some job openings require attaching a cover letter to your application. It should be compliant then with your resume.

In most of the cases, we add a cover letter template (.doc / .docx) to the resume template for free. However, you can also browse our wide range of cover letter models and buy only that item.

Sometimes employers demand also a reference page. These will be added to our templates library soon.

Open Office Resume Templates

We got many questions about resume templates for Open Office, LibreOffice or even Wordpad. So far we deliver only Microsoft Word Templates (both A4 and US format). However, we are planning to enrich our offer with Resumes for LibreOffice and Open Office.