[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Resume templates are easy, but often contain structural problems. Instead, do it the right way with a professional resume writer!
When you are on the job hunt, the first thing that you need to do is complete your resume. You know your employment and education history, but you don’t know precisely how to formulate your resume to land the interview. So, as many of us do when looking for answers—you turned to the internet and downloaded a resume template.
Resume templates are easy, but often contain structural problems. Instead, do it the right way with a professional resume writer!
When you are on the job hunt, the first thing that you need to do is complete your resume. You know your employment and education history, but you don’t know precisely how to formulate your resume to land the interview. So, as many of us do when looking for answers—you turned to the internet and downloaded a resume template.
Templates are simple. They are structurally set up, and all you need to do is fill in the blanks. Once you have plugged your education, work history, and summary (more on this later), you may have what appears to be a pretty good looking CV or resume.
If it’s that simple, then why haven’t you received any interviews. What went wrong?
Read on to find out exactly why resume templates are killing your chances of finding work.
Understanding Resume Templates
A high-quality resume writer will tell you that online templates are far too generalized for any skill set, and the template format and vocabulary were determined by someone else for any number of job types and applications. Typically, there is no name listed as the creator of the online resume templates. But, someone made them, and that someone has deemed those templates as standard, even high quality. You found the template in a web search or on Pinterest and it seemed professional, so it must be, right? If you take a more in-depth, discerning look at the resume template, though, you will notice that they are sub-standard. Think about it—you’ve blindly put your faith in this template, which may, in reality, be working against you. You want a job, and to get it, your resume should stand out from every other applicant. If your resume uses the same template as every other job seeker, you will be one of the many applicants dismissed without further thought. To better understand why this is the case, we’ve provided six reasons why your resume template is actually obstructing your employment chances and how you can get a top-notch resume to secure employment.1. Many Templates are Low-Quality
Recruiters and hiring teams will spend, on average, seven seconds reading your resume. So, unless an employer has handpicked you for a position, your resume or CV is probably among the dozens (sometimes hundreds) submitted and inevitably ignored. The bottom line is that recruiters, managers, and HR all see the same template resumes and they are bored. It is safe to assume that no resume expert created the templates. You would be better off with a resume that you created yourself than to use one from an unverified source. Many of these resumes use a template that was popular decades ago. Using one of these templates is effectively hiding your resume from a potential employer.2. Formatting
With one glance, a potential employer will determine the worthiness of your resume by the formatting. There are both free and paid resume templates that look great, but often they come in standardized, strange formats that you cannot replicate when editing it yourself. You will spend much time trying to reformat and configure your poorly formatted resume. You may find yourself fixing your resume’s font, dealing with bullets that will not line up, misaligned spacing, and faulty headers and footers. These are just a few formatting issues that you may experience with a template. Because the people reading your resume are making determinations about you within seconds of reading this document, you need a resume format that is easy to read, or more appropriately, easy to skim. You do not want columns of text or fancy flourishes that distract from the content. Resumes constructed in a left to right format with bold titles and bullet points tend to be more successful than even the most sleek-looking resume template. Many resume templates are NOT applicant tracking software (ATS) compatible.3. Resume Issues
Have you:- Had a gap in employment?
- Worked several jobs for short periods?
- Had insufficient training or education?
