Next Stage Career Templates
$12.00
Next Stage Career Templates
$12.00
Branded Career Templates to Complement Your Resume
Complete your professional presentation with the Next Stage coordinating templates bundle. This collection includes professionally designed biography, references sheet, and cover letter templates that perfectly complement the Next Stage resume. Each template maintains the same sophisticated aesthetic for consistent branding across all your career documents. Created specifically for Microsoft Word, these templates ensure your entire application package reflects the same level of professionalism and attention to detail.
CUSTOM-DESIGNED...EASY TO USE & CUSTOMIZE...EYE-CATCHING, MODERN FORMATS
STAND OUT, DIFFERENTIATE YOURSELF & WIN THE MOST DESIRABLE JOBS!
Elevate Your Professional Brand with the Next Stage Coordinating Templates
Consistency is the hallmark of professional excellence. The Next Stage coordinating templates bundle ensures every document in your career portfolio reflects the same sophisticated aesthetic and strategic approach that makes the Next Stage resume so effective. When hiring managers review your complete application package, they'll immediately recognize your attention to detail and commitment to professional presentation.
Professional Biography Template
Transform your career story into a compelling narrative with the Next Stage professional biography template. This design allows you to present your experience, achievements, and value proposition in a format that's perfect for networking events, board applications, executive introductions, and professional websites. The strategic layout guides readers through your career progression while highlighting your most significant accomplishments and leadership qualities.
References Sheet Template
Present your professional references with the same level of polish as your resume. The Next Stage references template provides an organized, professional format for listing your career contacts while maintaining visual consistency with your other career documents. This template goes beyond simple contact information to help you provide context about each reference relationship and their knowledge of your work.
The design accommodates multiple references while ensuring easy readability for hiring managers and HR professionals. By presenting your references in a professionally formatted document rather than a hastily typed list, you demonstrate the same attention to detail that characterizes your work performance.
Cover Letter Template
Your cover letter is often the first document hiring managers read, making it crucial for setting the right tone for your candidacy. The Next Stage cover letter template provides a strategic framework for crafting compelling introductions that connect your background to specific opportunities while maintaining visual consistency with your resume.
The template includes embedded guidance for creating impactful opening statements, structuring your key qualifications, and crafting confident closing paragraphs. The professional layout ensures your cover letter looks as polished as your resume while providing the flexibility to customize content for different opportunities.
Strategic Professional Branding
Each template in the Next Stage bundle works together to create a cohesive professional brand that reinforces your potential. The consistent design elements, typography, and layout approach signal to employers that you understand the importance of professional presentation and brand consistency—qualities essential for leadership roles.
This coordinated approach is particularly valuable for senior-level positions where hiring managers expect sophisticated career marketing materials. Your complete document package becomes a reflection of the same strategic thinking and attention to detail you'll bring to the role.
Designed for Professionals
The Next Stage coordinating templates are specifically designed for professionals who understand the importance of personal branding in career advancement. Each template accommodates the depth and complexity of senior-level careers while maintaining the clean, readable format that busy executives appreciate.
Whether you're pursuing internal promotions, exploring new leadership opportunities, or building your professional network, these templates provide the polished presentation that supports your career objectives.
The coordinating Next Stage resume template is available for separate purchase. See the full collection:
Distinctive Resume Templates are more than just plug-and-play designs.
They’re built on the same professional frameworks we’ve used to help thousands of job seekers land interviews, promotions, and six-figure roles — even in tough markets.
And now, every template comes with three high-impact bonus guides to give you the clarity, confidence, and AI-powered edge to stand out:
✅ AI + Distinctive Resume Templates – The Smart Job Seeker’s Playbook. Includes detailed instructions for creating a Resume Context Pack, our Best Practices Prompt Block, and 40+ expert-crafted prompts to help you write and tailor every section of your resume using AI the right way.
✅ 20 Actionable Resume Tips – Insider strategies drawn from 30 years of experience. Over 50 pages of real-world advice, including 55 resume examples to help you avoid common mistakes and modernize your resume with confidence.
✅ 20-Point Resume Checklist – Think your resume is ready? Run it through this step-by-step checklist first. 20 expert-level checks to help you polish, perfect, and position your resume for maximum impact.
Whether you’re starting from scratch or giving your résumé a refresh, this bundle gives you the strategy, structure, and tools to do it right — without the guesswork.
All templates are designed specifically for Microsoft Word, ensuring seamless editing and customization capabilities. The .DOCX file format provides maximum compatibility and professional acceptance across different organizations and application systems.
Due to the digital nature of these templates, all sales are final. For more information on licensing rights, please review our licensing terms.
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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
- Resume Context Pack Worksheet
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
- Covers formatting, strategy, clarity, branding, and ATS-readiness
- 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.
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