2011-05-31, 04:02 AM
Well, I don't know what the reality is, but as far as my effort goes, the objective is to tailor a résumé that talks for who you are; less bullsh'itting, that translates into "portraying what you do best at".
If you have a fantastic academic record, you'd want to highlight that, if you'd had a lot of experience in the labor force, you'd want them to know, if you have a lot of miscellaneous (but relevant) skills, like us nerds knowing how to mess with Microsoft Office and having high typing speeds, you'd also want to make it stand out. So I don't know if a template is going to do you any good, since what you excel at might not happen to be the focus of that template at all.
That said, I haven't successfully obtained any job (not that I've tried to, but yeah, doesn't matter) so take this with a grain of salt, if you haven't already known it.
If you have a fantastic academic record, you'd want to highlight that, if you'd had a lot of experience in the labor force, you'd want them to know, if you have a lot of miscellaneous (but relevant) skills, like us nerds knowing how to mess with Microsoft Office and having high typing speeds, you'd also want to make it stand out. So I don't know if a template is going to do you any good, since what you excel at might not happen to be the focus of that template at all.
That said, I haven't successfully obtained any job (not that I've tried to, but yeah, doesn't matter) so take this with a grain of salt, if you haven't already known it.