New resume templates have been added to the website InstantResumeTemplates.com, and they're each free to download, customize and use in job-hunting and career pursuits.
"Several of these new resume templates are especially relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic," said Kevin Savetz, who created the site in 2008.
There are several timely new resumes that address a job gap due to layoff or furlough, while other templates are designed to emphasize experience working from home and telecommuting.
New academic resumes for students and teachers are especially relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic. The sample wording highlights experience in learning and teaching remotely. Some of the templates include placeholder text for certifications, seminars, and other relevant details.
InstantResumeTemplates.com has nearly 400 templates, including: resumes for specific industries, colorful resumes with graphics and resumes for academic pursuits and circumstances such as a first job and reentering the workforce. There's also a selection of cover letters.
The new resumes for specific positions include variations for: essential workers, bartenders, drivers, fitness instructors, musicians, music teachers, personal chefs, social media managers and theater managers.
Other new resumes include a template intended for retirees and another that lists salary requirements.
Besides traditional chronological resumes, InstantResumeTemplates.com also has resumes for students, resumes intended to combat age discrimination, and even resumes for animals.
Like everything at InstantResumeTemplates.com, the 20 new resumes are free to download and print in DOC format to customize in Microsoft Word for personal use.
"I'm confident that job-seekers, educators and others will find these resumes useful," Savetz said. "Besides being free, the templates are expertly designed and easy to download, edit and print."
InstantResumeTemplates.com also has templates for job objectives and skills matrices. Job-seekers, educators, and others can find cover letters that match the resumes at sister site CoverLetterExamples.net. There are hundreds of sample recommendation letters at LettersOfRecommendation.net.
There are more than 100 sites in the FreePrintable.net family of free printables sites created by Savetz Publishing, Inc., a company devoted to creating useful and informative web sites of interest to consumers and small businesses.