Resume is a formal document containing one to two pages that lists an applicant’s skills, work experience and education details. A resume is designed to give detailed summary of an applicant who has applied for a particular job. The resume must give the potential employer sufficient information about an individual, job experience, qualification and interests.

A resume is an important requirement when one is applying for a white collar job. One should use resumes to emphasize accomplishments and highlight specific achievements. One should specify accomplishments rather than their day to day responsibilities at a particular job, as it will be easy for employer to judge the capability of the applicant.

Writing a good resume is a work of art that results in being invited for number of interviews. But, people consider writing a simple resume just to get a job, rather than making it attractive and impressive. No enthusiasm and certainly no thought with bunch of information thrown on page with the expectations of being hired.

But there are number of things one needs to keep in mind, such as the font being used, margin, header etc. Following are some software apps that one can use :

Hloom

Hloom consists of over 413 unique and professional resume templates that are all free. It offers non-traditional and visually stunning layouts which are best suited as one page resume. Hloom has resume samples & format that are organized and streamlined with the touch of color and helps applicants to stand out.

It has a number of categories, its a clean modern portfolio which has a creative tabular and newsletter for resume templates. Modern layouts are appropriate for number of industries, especially for IT purposes, where candidate want to portray their knowledge and discipline, and at the same time show they are progressive and creative on the latest technology.

The newsletter layouts have either 2 or 3 column formats, which reads like newsletters with photographic headlines. Portfolio category lets one to incorporate actual images of work in resume which can help you to showcase your work upfront to client. In Tabular category, the columns are nicely spaced to create tabular structure. Creative category offers conventional and visually appealing layouts that are best suited for one page resume.

ResumeBaking

ResumeBaking is web application that lets you to create good looking, multiple professional online resume. You can save resume for future editing and updates as all this is available for free.

One can use ResumeBaking without signing up to build resume for free. By signing up and creating an account, one can save resumes and later come back to edit it. For different type of jobs, one can create multiple resume templates that save a lot of time and efforts.

You can download the resume or can host them publicly. ResumeBaking has multiple resume types from which you can choose. A resume that looks professional with subtle appearance as this will catch the attention. At the same time, it will not look too flashy. It is a resume maker which can support up to 17 languages.

It has simple fill in blanks format to fill details, and a customizable editor that lets one to rearrange sections. One can spend hours in word to make resume which is quite difficult to update, thus in order to avoid such inconvenience you can try out this PHP based online resume application. One can download resume in TEXT, HTML or PDF formats.

GotResumeBuilder.com

GotResumeBuilder lets you design resume with the color scheme. One can choose from the list of templates and can modify it as per requirements and preferences. You can enter details in selected resume template from zero or you can import the information from your LinkedIn account.

GotResumeBuilder was developed to help professionals create an attractive and organized digital resume. Professionals from any field can utilize this application’s tools for advertising their certifications, capabilities and work history to any client or potential employer online.

The resume created on GotResumeBuilder is like a personalized website, for professional user. One can send a link to client or potential employer to view the resume. Even when you are not looking for a job, you can keep your resume up to date to showcase your abilities, experience and knowledge; thus building an online presence. The resume can be downloaded in OpenOffice, Word or PDF format.

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