Microsoft Office Resume Template
I get so many resumes that use the Office templates for their format. DO NOT DO THIS!! A person will say they have great experience with Office then use a template. How does this show experience? Yes they can find a template, but can they design a document?
Today most large companies have software packages that will take a resume and automatically upload it into the company database. Many of these packages are not too good at reading templates. So your resume gets somewhat messed up as it transitions from your file to their database. Your education becomes your references or something like that.
You also end up wasting so much space!! You have volumes you could say about yourself in all of the those empty spaces. You have to be active using the space effectively. Every square centimeter of your resume has to be thought out. A template shows you are a bit lazy and this is not something an employer wants in an employee; unless you are applying to hang out with Paris Hilton. She probably appreciates sponging, lazy, freeloaders.
Jeff Bettinger is the Senior Vice-President of Human Capital and Investment at masterthebusiness.com and a Senior Recruiter for an International Construction Firm.
Jeff Bettinger is the Senior Vice-President of Human Capital and Investment at masterthebusiness.com and a Senior Recruiter for an International Construction Firm.
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