Ambitions Resume Template
$12.00
Ambitions Resume Template
$12.00
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A pro-designed resume template built to help you make the best possible first impression. Easy to customize in Word and versatile enough to be used for to create a resume for almost any professionals and executives. Both ATS-friendly and attractive, the format is traditional but modern and built for busy job seekers. Save hours of frustration and create an interview-winning resume fast. Get a professional edge — without the professional fee.
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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.
Additional information
| Career Stage | Executive, Experienced/Mid-Career, Senior-Level Professional |
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| Collection Type | Resume Template |
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Free Expert Resources (Included with Every Template)
Every Distinctive Resume Template comes with 3 expert-created tools — a $49 value — included free with your purchase.
These aren’t fluff freebies. They’re professional resources designed to help you write smarter, faster, and more confidently. Whether you’re starting from scratch or giving your resume a refresh, this bundle gives you the strategy, structure, and tools to do it right — without the guesswork.
Most templates stop at formatting. Ours go further. It's not just a resume template. It's your a full resume strategy system created by experts, backed by results, and proven to work in today’s AI-driven hiring world.
Bonus #1: AI + Distinctive Resume Templates Playbook
Your AI Resume Writing Guide | Value $27
- 40+ expert-crafted prompts
- Best Practices Prompt Block
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This guide alone is worth the price of the template — it turns AI into your strategic writing partner.
Bonus #2: 20 Actionable Resume Tips: Expert Advice & Examples
50+ pages of expert strategies & 55 resume examples | Value $17
- Over 50 pages of insider advice drawn from 30 years of real-world resume writing expertise
It’s like having a professional resume writer walk you through what works — and what doesn’t.
Bonus #3: The Ultimate Resume Checklist: 20 Critical Checks
Your final polish checklist | Value $7
- Step-by-step: review and polish your resume before you hit send
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- Designed to help you catch what most job seekers miss
Think your resume is ready? Run it through this checklist and make sure.
That’s $49 of expert-created resources, free with every purchase — so you get the design and the strategy to build a better resume, faster.
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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.
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.
Michelle, your templates are wonderful! You are so creative, and I especially love the templates for specialized career industries! I just used Global Impact for an executive with extensive global work and living experience, Driving Growth for a successful sales director, and Agricultural Edge for a seasoned landscape professional — they all absolutely loved the unique, contemporary look of their new resumes. Thank you so much for providing this service within our industry. You are so talented, and I greatly appreciate our connection and the creativity your templates bring to my client engagements!
👋 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.
Steven Shumansky –
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 –
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.
Gina D –
I work with many clients looking to revamp their resumes and these templates are God sent!!! They are easy to use, edit and adjust as you see fit. I really love this one! Thank you!!