Best Foot Forward Resume Template
$12.00
Standout Resume Template Designed for Career Growth
Transform your professional narrative with our Best Foot Forward resume template for career growth. Features a contemporary twist on classic design, optimized for ATS systems. Perfect for ambitious professionals seeking advancement opportunities.
$12.00
ATS-FRIENDLY...EASY TO USE & CUSTOMIZE...EYE-CATCHING, MODERN FORMATS
CREATE A JOB-WINNING RESUME IN MINUTES AND ACHIEVE YOUR CAREER GROWTH GOALS
Elevate Your Career Growth with a Timeless, Yet Modern Resume Design
In today's competitive job market, a resume that supports your career growth goals while maintaining timeless professionalism is invaluable. The Best Foot Forward resume template perfectly balances classic formatting with contemporary design elements, creating the ideal foundation for your career advancement journey.
This career-growth resume template stands out by combining time-tested professional layouts with modern touches that catch the eye without sacrificing sophistication. Created by an award-winning resume writer with nearly 30 years of experience, it's specifically engineered to showcase your career progression and future potential.
What sets this career growth-focused template apart:
- Classic Format, Modern Appeal: Traditional structure enhanced with contemporary design elements
- Career Progression Emphasis: Strategic sections highlight your professional growth and achievements
- Growth-Focused Layout: Organized to showcase increasing responsibilities and expanding expertise
- ATS-Optimization: Ensures your career growth story reaches human eyes while maintaining visual appeal
- Microsoft Word Format: Uses the business-standard resume file format for maximum compatibility
Unlike rigid templates that restrict your ability to tell your unique career growth story, the Best Foot Forward template offers unparalleled customization options:
- Flexible Section Management: Add, remove, or rearrange sections to highlight your career trajectory
- Professional Color Options: Choose from sophisticated color schemes that maintain traditional appeal
- Industry-Specific Adaptability: Customize to align with your field while maintaining professional standards
- Growth-Focused Prompts: Expert tips guide you in showcasing your career advancement potential
Every purchase includes comprehensive video tutorials to help you maximize the template's career growth potential. You'll learn how to leverage each section to demonstrate your increasing value and readiness for new opportunities.
For professionals seeking a complete career presentation package, the Best Foot Forward Collection includes an optional bundle of coordinating templates: a networking resume for brief introductions, a professional biography template, a references list template, and a cover letter template. Each maintains consistent branding while serving its unique purpose in your career growth strategy. See the full collection:
Don't let an outdated or overly trendy resume format hold back your career growth. The Best Foot Forward template provides the perfect balance of classic professionalism and modern appeal that growing careers demand.
Explore the sophisticated color variations available:
Easily Change the Color Scheme of All Our Resume Templates
Microsoft Word is required for optimal use. All sales are final due to the digital nature of this template. Due to the digital nature of this template, all sales are final. For more information on licensing rights, please review our licensing terms.
Best Foot Forward is one of the four resume templates included in the Career Advancement Resume Writing Toolkit
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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.
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!
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.
👋 Meet the Creator Behind Distinctive Resume Templates
Hi, I’m Michelle Dumas, founder of Distinctive Career Services and the creator of Distinctive Resume Templates. Over the past 25+ years, I’ve helped more than 10,000 job seekers worldwide—from students and entry-level candidates to C-suite executives—land interviews, win job offers, and advance their careers with powerful, professionally written resumes.
I’m a multi-certified professional resume writer and career coach, the award-winning author of The AI-Savvy Job Seeker, and a recognized industry leader whose work has been featured in over a dozen top resume-writing books.
I created Distinctive Resume Templates to bring real-world, results-driven resume design to a wider audience. These are the same templates I’ve used in my own professional practice—ATS-friendly, strategically structured, and enhanced with tips and prompts to help you create compelling content faster.
Today, these templates are trusted not only by job seekers across every profession and career level, but also by hundreds of professional resume writers, career coaches, and other employment industry experts who use them with their clients.
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