How to Create a Resume Template using Powerpoint

Being unemployed sucks and sometimes there is only so much you can do about it, especially here in Nigeria. That ‘so much’ is another post for another day. One of the things you can do about it is to have a killer resume template to help ease making a large and specific batch of resume.I think we are way past the age of using Microsoft word to create resumes and we are gradually moving to making our resumes stand out by using the PowerPoint application and Photoshop as well. 

 In order to use PowerPoint to create your resume, you will need to;

 Open your PowerPoint application on you PC

 Change your ‘slide orientation’ from landscape to portrait under the ‘Design’ tab

Insert a rectangular shape from the ‘drawing’ section under ‘Home’ tab (place/draw that at the very top of the slide).Double click on the shape to edit, shape fill/shape outline) and resize as needed. 

 Insert a text box in the center of the page and type your name in it. Click on the ‘Center’ alignment in the paragraph section under the home tab.

Insert two other textbox for your contact information at the far corners under your name within the rectangular (mobile number and address in one box on the left (left alignment), while your email address in the other box on the right (right alignment).

The rest of the slide is your work space for the body of your resume. You can divide it so it has a left and right side; the right will be bigger than the left. On the left you can have sections like education, tech skills, skills, social media accounts and interests. On the right side you can have your professional profile, your work experience(s), personal data, workshops, conferences and reference(s). It is always better to add the parts of your resume in break apart so you can format with ease.

You can divide your slide by picking the straight line in the ‘Drawing’ section under the ‘Home’ tab.

Note:

·         Every section on the right is in right alignments and the sections on the left side are on ‘justify’ alignment.

·          Headers of each section is in font size 18 and the body of each section is in font size 16 (you can use 14 and 12)

·         Each section is separated with dashed lines. After drawing a line, you can double click on it to edit the line color, weight and dash form under the shape styles section under the ‘Format’ tab

If your resume needs an additional page, just right click on the mini slide on the left side of your workspace and click on duplicate. You can then just edit each section as needed.

You can now create your own resume templates using PowerPoint.

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