Ambitions Excellent Resume Template
$12.00
ATS-FRIENDLY MS WORD RESUME TEMPLATES...EASY TO USE & CUSTOMIZE...EYE-CATCHING, MODERN FORMATS
AN EXCELLENT RESUME TEMPLATE SO UNIQUE THAT NOBODY WILL EVER KNOW YOU USED A TEMPLATE
Land Your Dream Job Faster With This Excellent Resume Template for Professionals & Executives
Our premium, custom-designed Ambitions Resume is an excellent resume template created for real-world use by experienced professionals and executives and is suitable for use across a wide range of industries.
By default, Microsoft Word does have free resume templates / free CV templates available for job hunters. Unfortunately, there are a number of problems with these documents that can harm the results of your job search. At the very least, resume templates should be structured using elements that are applicant tracking system (ATS) friendly.
If you are planning to use a resume template, you must make sure it is compatible with ATS systems. Unfortunately, many of the free resume templates are not ATS compatible (this is not true of OUR free resume template - if you haven't downloaded it yet, do it today!). This means that unsuspecting job seekers who use them may lose out on many opportunities regardless of how well qualified they are, simply because their resume cannot be parsed and stored in an ATS.
While complex tables used to set up the layout in many resume templates are NOT ATS-friendly, simple tables ARE ATS-friendly and can be very helpful in setting up attractive resume layouts that are easy to read. The excellent resume template in the Ambitions Collection uses three simple, ATS-friendly, two-column tables in the Achievement Highlights section. These tables will cause no problems in modern ATS systems.
The Achievement Highlights section is a really useful section that can be used to call out your most impressive and relevant achievements regardless of where they appear in your work history. You could even use this section to call out relevant highlights from volunteer positions or educational accomplishments. For this reason, beyond being an excellent resume template for experienced professionals following a linear and traditional career path, this resume structure can also be an excellent choice for career changers or people returning to a career track from earlier in their career.
The design of the Ambitions resume template is also formatted to call visual attention to the most important parts of your resume. The shaded Contributions Snapshot boxes, for example, are a popular design strategy that helps to quickly convey the most significant main points of each position.
The muted olive green shades of the entire Ambitions Collection take on a whole new “look and feel” when you change the resume colors. Just remember to change to an identical color scheme on all the documents in the Collection, to give all your career marketing documents a cohesive, branded look. Just some of the many color choices include:
Available separately, the Ambitions biography template, references template, and cover letter template are designed to coordinate with our Ambitions Resume template. See all templates in the collection:
Like all our resume templates for MS Word, everything is easily customizable. Just copy and paste to add sections or rename or delete sections to make Ambitions your own.
MS Word is required to use all our templates.
USER REVIEWS
WHAT OUR TEMPLATE USERS SAY
Appearances matter, even with the written word, and how a document looks can make an immediate impact on the decision to read it or toss it aside. I train and mentor many excellent resume writers who have mastered the art of crafting highly effective resume content, but who lack the basic MS Word skills to create eye-catching, ATS compatible and uniquely branded documents. Distinctive Templates are the perfect solution for easily transforming well-written content into works of art that capture attention, generate interest, and motivate the recipient to read every word.
While I primarily write resumes from scratch for each of my clients, I have also used Michelle’s templates and received great feedback. I find the templates are especially helpful to organize my thinking for those clients who have an overabundance of important information that still must fit in an ATS-friendly, 2-page format without looking cluttered or disorganized.
When I was starting out with resume writing a little over a year ago, one of the most intimidating aspects was visual design of resumes. I didn’t want to have to learn graphic design to stand out—and with these templates, I didn’t need to! I was a little hesitant at first because I thought the templates might be too rigid or generic. In actuality, they are incredibly flexible and easy to play around with. I can customize any template with my client’s favorite colors in just two clicks—which means they never look exactly the same, even if I use them for multiple clients. Using the templates means I can just do what I do best—write—and then plug the text right into the appropriate section. It saves me literal HOURS of work and hassle. One of the best parts about purchasing from Michelle is that she is extremely responsive to questions. There’s a private Facebook group where she records screen share tutorials about how to switch up certain elements in the templates, and she's always been responsive to my emailed questions. My clients are completely thrilled with the unique, modern design of their resume, and I’m thrilled that I'm saving time and don’t have to learn graphic design!
I love Michelle’s resume templates! The designs are eye-catching and easy to use. I highly recommend these templates for anyone who finds that designing a creative, contemporary formatted resume is a challenge. They’re a huge time-saver.
I used the “Pivot” template to create a combination functional/chronological resume for my first big client. Her words when she saw the finished product: “THIS IS AMAZING!” I’m a writer, not a designer. My resumes aren’t unprofessional, but they needed a “wow” factor – and now they have it. Thank you, Michelle, for offering such affordably priced tools!
REVIEWS OF THIS TEMPLATE
Steven Shumansky (verified owner) –
I am a professional resume writer and coach and am always on the lookout for high quality and ATS compliant resume templates to add to the ones I have created. The Ambitions template met my needs.
Rose Rush (verified owner) –
I was impressed with the look of the template and the ease of editing it. The complimentary documents also were very professional and make a great package.