Core Skills Resume Template

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Win a Competitive Edge & Get Hired Faster With This Standout Skills-Based Resume Template

Super easy to edit and customize skills-based resume template. Professionally designed, premium Word template that is perfect for career changers and people with work history gaps. Win a  competitive edge and land the job you want!

  • Premium templates designed by an award-winning, nationally recognized resume expert.
  • Results-proven, recruiter-approved, and created for real-world use.
  • Leave the generic-looking templates to others. Quickly create a resume as unique as you are. Nobody will ever guess you used a template!
  • Fast and easy to use. Flexible and simple to customize. Multiple color options. Video tutorials and pro tips & writing prompts included.
  • Yes, unlike most templates, Distinctive Resume Templates follow all modern best practice "rules" and are ATS-friendly! (This is SO important!)

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Biography, resume addendum, references, and cover letter templates from our Core Skills Collection.  Microsoft Word is REQUIRED to use our templates.

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CREATE A JOB-WINNING RESUME IN MINUTES WITH CUSTOM-DESIGNED SKILLS-BASED RESUME TEMPLATE

Professionally Designed Skills-Based Resume Template for MS Word

From our Core Skills Collection, this skills-based resume template is super easy to use and customize. Just follow the writing prompts and tips throughout the premium resume template to easily create an impressive skills-based resume quickly and easily.

This skills-based resume template provides you with an excellent format to showcase your abilities and highlight your strengths.

Unlike a traditional chronological resume, which focuses on work history and job titles, a skills-based resume emphasizes the skills you have acquired throughout your career, no matter where or when you acquired them.

You can even use this skills-based resume template format to include experience and skills gained outside of employment. For example, skills you have developed through volunteering or in an internship.

Resumes with this skills-based focus can be especially useful for making a career change and for professionals with employment gaps. It can also be useful for other situations. For example, a stay-at-home parent may use a skills-based resume template when he/she is ready to return to the workforce.

A skills-based resume is similar to what is called a functional resume. The difference is that a purely functional resume format would have no employment dates or chronological work history on it. Recruiters and hiring managers really hate functional resume formats because they are often used to hide things and don't provide full work history information.

A skill-based resume, on the other hand, does start with a strong resume summary and skills section and places a strong focus on things such as key skills mentioned in the job description, transferable skills, soft skills, and other relevant skills. 

This is followed by a section similar to the traditional reverse chronological resume. But, this chronological work history is not the focus of the resume. The education section will usually be included at the end of your resume, as it is in this resume template.

The Core Skills Collection includes an optional bundle of matching documents, including a resume addendum with prompts for additional qualifications and skills, a professional biography, references, and even a cover letter template.

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All of our templates are created to make it easy for you to customize them and make them your own. You can easily add or remove sections, rename sections, or even swap sections around. Changing the color scheme is equally easy, and we include video tutorials with every resume purchase, to show you how to do this. Here are just some of the many color schemes available when you use our resume template and the other matching career templates in the collection.

Easily Change the Color Scheme of All Our Resume Templates

Skills based resume template color choices

Microsoft Word is REQUIRED. Due to the digital nature of this template, all sales are final. For more information on licensing rights, please review our licensing terms.

Frequently Asked Questions

We can cover anything you need help with in relation to professional resume writing, from A to Z. My only agenda is to meet your needs and make sure that when our meeting comes to a close, you feel you have received the greatest value possible from our time together. Many colleagues want my help and guidance on challenging projects, and I provide advice in regard to the content, design, and strategy of the resumes they are working on. Others want help preparing for client consultations or handling particularly challenging clients. Professional development with the goal of achieving professional resume writing certification is another common topic.

When you are ready to book, you will be provided with my calendar, and you will be able to select a time and day that best meets your schedule. I do my best to make myself available on a variety of days and times, including occasional weekends and some nights and early mornings, in addition to regular office hours. The booking process is all online and fully automated, to make things as easy for you as possible.

Yes, please do! Our booking form includes space to describe how you want to use your session. If you have a specific resume or other documents you want me to review with you, please email them to me as far before the appointment as possible. That will give me some time to look at them ahead of time, so I can use our scheduled time together to provide my recommendations rather than read the documents while you wait.

Each consultation is scheduled for 60 minutes. Zoom is used so that I can share my computer screen with you during the consultation. This allows me to actually demonstrate recommended resume changes to you rather than just describe them. If you request it, I will record the consultation session and make it available to you for download, so that you may rewatch it later at your convenience.

No, not in the traditional sense. If we are working on a particular document and I see an error, I will certainly point it out to you. And, when I am recommending changes, I may actually make some of them for you on the document, as a way to demonstrate. But I will not proofread or edit your work in a thorough way. If you need help with those services, I will be happy to provide referrals.

All Distinctive Resume Templates designed by Michelle Dumas, a Nationally Certified Resume Writer and multi-time TORI Nominee & Award Winner

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WHAT OUR TEMPLATE USERS SAY

Insiders
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.
Norine Dagliano, NCRW, NCOPE, CPRW, CFRW/CC
Phil Hurd
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.
Phil Hurd, NCRW, NCOPE, CPRW, www.catalystresumes.com
alison
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!
Bob Janitz
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.
Bob Janitz, NCRW, www.janitz.com
amber f
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!
Amber Fernandez, Freelance Writer

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