Resume Samples &Templates

A resume is the key, which opens the door of opportunities for you. It is the magic carpet which will take you places. Your resume can serve to make the best first impression or else it can serve to bring down your impression several notches. You can get a job or else your application may be thrown in the basket; all this only on the virtue of your resume. There are many people in the market today who tell you how to write the best resume, how to optimize it; because nowadays, people have started realizing the importance of resume in a job application.

·         On many of the internet websites, you will find words like resume samples, resume templates, etc. Very often, the meanings of these words seem the same, but in reality there is a lot of difference between them.

·       Where a resume sample is an entire resume written with all the details (usually fictional), a template is more like a format of a resume, where you can fill in your own details and use it readily.

·       A resume sample is an illustration, the way your resume would look to a viewer; it is the fully finished copy. On the other hand, a template doesn’t have any actual information.

Here is a resume template just as an example:

Name

Address

Contact no.

Email Id

Objective: (Maximum 2 lines)

Career Summary:

Professional experience: (It should include the name of the organization, your designation, and duration of work)

Organization 1

Organization 2

Organization 3

Education: (It should contain the name of the institute, name of the degree, and the duration of study)

Skills:

Personal Details: (It may include hobbies, interests, marital status, etc.)

References: (This is optional)