# Know any freeware resumé creators?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-freeware-resume-creators/158033>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 28, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-freeware-resume-creators/158033 "2003-02-28T01:00:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-freeware-resume-creators/158033/1 "2003-02-28T01:00:47Z")

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I tried searching on Google but all I get is the resumés of freeware makers.

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**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-freeware-resume-creators/158033/2 "2003-02-28T01:02:15Z")

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Replace “is” with “are.” Oops

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-freeware-resume-creators/158033/3 "2003-02-28T07:12:12Z")

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I don’t remember if it has resume templates, but you might look into OpenOffice.

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-freeware-resume-creators/158033/4 "2003-02-28T07:33:51Z")

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Replace _resumé_ with _résumé_.

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**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-freeware-resume-creators/158033/5 "2003-02-28T08:40:41Z")

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Dude, every fully installed version of MS Office has templates for CV/resumes. File-New.

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**Author:** ![DrLizardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@DrLizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrLizardo)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-freeware-resume-creators/158033/6 "2003-02-28T16:23:04Z")

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WordPad. MS Word. Notepad, even.

My point: the “resume creators” do little for you. I hire many many many people each year and review more resumes than I can count. Unless you’re an art director, fancy layouts and “innovative” resume styles will just hurt you.

Focus on what’s IN the resume and you’ll do better.