resume templates?

[White90GT]

I got away from using the word templates and just made it pretty simple...
Name
Address
Contact number/email

(above text centered at top of page)

Everything else Left justified with Titles in all Capital letters

OBJECTIVE
XXX professional seeking position in ... brings to the job the ability to blah blah blah

EXPERIENCE

Month/Year to Month/Year (most current up top)
COMPANY X space space CITY X
JOB TITLE
Bulleted list of job duties

More Experience same as above

More Experience same as above

EDUCATION
MONTH/YEAR TO MONTH/YEAR UNIVERSITY/SCHOOL (most significant to your job up top)
DEGREE/CERTIFICATION EARNED
Bulleted list of primary subjects/skills learned

more education/certification same as above

more education/certification same as above

small text on bottom "References available upon request" (and have a separate printout with 3-5 references with their names, company, position, years known, relationship, and contact phone number

This is the basics of a resume. IMO if you make a cookie cutter resume using a word template like everyone else does, it isn't going to stand out. Make it nice and clean like this, with easy to read font and sizing and make your experience and education speak for itself.

I hope this helps.

[Silverback]

Mine is 3 pages

Page 1 - Summary, Skills (Comptencies, Sofware, Certifications), Most recent job
Page 2 - Next 3 jobs
Page 3 - Next 5 jobs showing exp from 1997-on, and Education

Been thinking about reformatting to 2 pages.
Page 1 - Summary, Education, Competencies)
Page 2 - work exp

[slow99]

Hell, I still have all of my shit jammed into 1 page.

[Leah]

Mine is two pages. I've always heard it should never be longer than that.

[slow99]

Fyi, OP, I have mine in the McCombs MBA template. You can google McCombs resume template and find it and samples filled out in that format. All of the top 20 or so MBA programs use a very similar format. You could probably google all of them (Chicago, Stanford, Wharton resume template) and find them. Just an idea.

[GeorgeG.]

Here is the format I use on mine..

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=45D201BB4ADEC78F%21667

Obviously I'm in IT. I have found it valuable to list a Technical Assessment at the front of the page. I've gotten rave reviews on this from many recruiters..

awesome man, thanks!!

[Strychnine]

Read this recently and thought of this thread:

http://www.businessinsider.com/your-resume-should-answer-this-question-2014-8

Your Resume Is Useless Unless It Answers This 1 Question

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know how keenly we believe there’s no such thing as a generic or one-size-fits-all resume. We’ve seen how such a resume has an almost zero chance of getting you that job search holy grail: a job interview.

If your resume is to be powerfully persuasive, it must speak directly to its intended reader. Its effectiveness hinges on how well it answers the following critical concern: What are the positive results of your work performance? Put more plainly: Why do your professional accomplishments matter?

Note that:

• It doesn’t matter if you led a global team of 50 sales professionals… if said team missed its sales goals.
• It doesn’t matter if you designed and built a website for a Fortune 500 client… if it generated no additional site traffic or sales leads.
• It doesn’t matter if you wrote up 400 pages of business requirements… if no one used them.
• It doesn’t matter if you trained new hires… if those new hires were unable to do their jobs properly.

Don’t let your potential employers have any reason to doubt your competence.

Here is a “before and after” example that demonstrates the importance of emphasizing the positive in your resume. Consider this resume bullet point:

Oversaw purchase and organization-wide training/adoption of a client-management system.

Sure, it’s impressive that you were responsible for purchasing the system and getting everyone to use it, but nothing in this bullet shows why it matters.

Instead, how about this:

Oversaw purchase and organization-wide training/adoption of a client-management system that realized 90% adoption (from among 10,000 employees) and a full return-on-investment within nine months of procurement; system resulted in a 20% increase in repeat business and a 50% increase in productivity.

This is the information your reader needs to see to properly evaluate your prowess. It shows them not only what you did, but how well you did it.

Job seekers tend to assume that if you insert a rudimentary list of tasks on a resume, the recipient will automatically fill in the blanks — and in your favor. But how would the reader do that? Why should the reader do that?

Without putting too fine a point on it, it’s better to assume that any hiring person you contact has the innocence of a five-year-old child. Pretend you’re relating a story and you’re its hero. You wouldn’t tell the story of Superman by simply pointing out that the guy can fly and see through walls. You’d also describe the evil villains he brought to justice and the potential earth-wide catastrophes he was able to prevent. You likewise need to describe your past glories in jaw-dropping detail (without, of course, stretching too far from the truth).

Such a recounting will not only make your reader’s eyes light up, but will distinguish you from the hundreds of blasé resumes sent from third-tier superheroes.

Like someone told me once, "Numbers are sticky." Details, like numbers, turn a generic statement into something noteworthy.

[Strychnine]

Also, if you're more of an infographic fan:

http://www.businessinsider.com/secrets-to-writing-the-perfect-resume-2014-7

[Strychnine]

I'm reviewing a resume right now for someone I'm interviewing in 15 min. 3 pages is unnecessary even if you do have 18 years experience in purchasing and supply chain management. 3/4 of a page for a position held for 14 months? Then only 1/2 page for the 11 year position?
Another full page for two positions that combined only cover 26 months?

Example of what I'm reading:
"Managed, coached and trained others to excel and succeed with in their perspective responsibilities."

1. Improper word usage just bugs the shit out of me, but more importantly...
2. That line does nothing but take up space that could be used actually highlighting an accomplishment.