I am not a fan of templates online I think for those that don't know what to look for there are far more bad ones than good ones out there. Templates often include lots of features that sadly don't scan well in an applicant tracking system like backgrounds, symbols, columns that may make the system miss information and therefore "file" it farther back.
Now a lot of hiring managers/recruiters still look at all resumes so its not the worst thing to be "filed" farther back but depending on how many resumes they may not.
I do always ask a friend to read it over. Even if they don't have a lot of experience with resumes they can still find typos, grammar issues, etc. that I may have missed. I go to my colleagues since I work in Career Counseling but also HR is a great place to go as well since they often see many resumes if you have friends in that department.
Resume writers can be great if they work one on one with you and not just write the resume. Having someone or a computer write it for you doesn't always get across the information plus when you have to tailor your resume to each job description you haven't learned how to do that. One-on-one sessions with resume writers can definitely help wiith that.
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