9 Apps and Sites to Help Build Your Résumé

If you want a new job, you need to make sure you stand out in a crowd of applicants, and your résumé is an important part of that process.

The good news is that there are many apps, sites, and services that can help you build your resume, maximize how well it sells you, and get it in front of potential employers.

Enhancing.

The template-based approach makes it easy to produce a résumé that looks great, even if you have no graphic design experience.

You will need to provide the text, but there are a lot of neat ideas in these templates. Enhancv costs $10 a month, but the results are worth it.

There is a website called resume.com.

It's perhaps the best option out there for turning your disorganized notes into something professional in the shortest time possible and with the minimum amount of effort on your part.

It is totally free. You can choose one of the templates offered by the site and then use your own details to modify it into a number of different formats.

There's a tool called Canva.

Building résumés is one of the many tasks that can be tackled with ease with the help of Canva, an intuitive, powerful suite of graphic tools. Everything is simple to use and can be tailored to your needs as you progress.

After you choose a template, you fill in the gaps as you please. Everything from the color scheme to the fonts can be changed. Extra features are available for $12 a month.

A CV engineer.

CV Engineer is a great choice if you want to put your resume on your phone. The app has been put together with the help of a former executive recruiters so it knows what it needs to do.

As you would expect from a mobile experience, everything is well laid out and easy to navigate: With a few taps you can have a solid- looking résumé designed in just a few minutes, and the app also offers advice on the best ways of writing out each section.

My perfect CV.

MyPerfectCV splits the process into three steps: choosing a template, filling it out and then download or print it. In addition to being free, the service is very easy to use and offers lots of helpful advice.

With examples and guides available to refer to at each step of the way, the résumé that you create can be tailored to suit the industry that you are looking to get a job in.

The person is Carrd.

Carrd is a tool that can be used to show off your skills, create a portfolio of your work, and help people find you.

The simple drag-and-drop interface and polished templates make Carrd a good choice for beginners. The best features will cost you $19 a year, but you can start for free.