Posts Tagged ‘Resume Templates’



New Online Resume Updates: Theme Browser Navigation

Posted On: Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 - Posted By: GigTide

Theme Browser Navigation Updates

We’ve just made changing resume themes even easier!

We found a few issues with the original scroll-bar we had used for our theme browser, so we updated it with a simple prev/next navigation button interface.  Now you can step through each theme and watch it update your resume automatically.  You can change the look-and-feel of your resume without having to adjust any layouts or content — GigTide takes care of that for you.

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Contact us through our web site or via a direct message on Twitter to get a promotion code that gives you access to all membership features for a extended period of time.

Do you have other ideas you would like to see us implement to make your job search even easier? Feel free to leave a comment, drop us a quick note on Twitter (@gigtide) or connect with us on Facebook.

New Features of GigTide Version 1.1

Posted On: Thursday, January 10th, 2008 - Posted By: GigTide

We’ve been busy analyzing how our customers use GigTide, collecting the feedback sent to us, and coming up with a whole list of things we feel will make GigTide more easier to use than ever. Check out some of GigTide’s new upgrades:

“Previous” and “Continue” Buttons Added

These buttons now allow GigTide users to walk through the application step-by-step. Even after reordering the tabs, you can easily step through the resume builder and ensure all the information you want to include has been added.

Previous and Continue Buttons

Dashboard Section User Interface Remodeled

GigTide’s dashboard has been completely remodeled to provide better navigation through its different sections, as well as providing a layout that is easier to use on screens using the 1024×768 resolution.

New Dashboard Layout

GigTide Community Released

For those of you that are looking for feedback, ideas, layouts, tips or anything else related to finding and securing your dream job, check out the newly released GigTide Community.

GigTide Community

Resume Progress Sidebar Auto-Hides When Entering Dashboard

Now you can have extra space to manage your resumes, cover letters and contacts. The Resume Progress sidebar will automatically hide itself as soon as you enter the dashboard and reappear once you jump back into the resume builder section.

Resume Examples Created for Four Main Resume Styles

Use one of our resume examples to model yours after.

Create Cover Letters in GigTide and Export to a Word Doc

Once you create a cover letter in your account, you can easily view, save or print from Word. Just click on the “View as Word Doc” button located within the My Cover Letters list in your dashboard.

Cover Letters as Word Docs

Cover Letter Editor Now Allows for Advanced Formatting

The GigTide cover letter editor now allows you to easily custom format your letter using the same editor capabilities included in each step of the resume builder tabs.

Preview Buttons from GigTide No Longer Increase Total Views

Now you can review your resume as many times as you like and your views will not increase your total views or add to any of the standard resume tracking numbers. This helps you get a more accurate picture of how many people are actually viewing your resume and where they are coming from.

Review Your Resume in Both PDF and Word Doc Formats from Within Dashboard

Now you can review both the PDF version and the Word Doc version of your saved resumes from within your dashboard. Simply click on the PDF and Word Doc buttons on the right side of your saved resume list

.View Word and PDF Resume from Dashboard

Log In by Entering Login Information and Pressing Enter

Now you don’t have to manually press the “login” button on the login screen. The application will now allow you to enter your information in and press the Enter key on your keyboard.

Major Template Smarts

The GigTide templates can now easily process bulleted lists when copying and pasting from Word, remove unneeded whitespace issues, only show the sections when there is actual content in them, and a whole slew of additional fixes that ensure your resume will look the way you want it to.

Writing Tips Given Bigger Section

You can now easily view the Writing Tips in it’s own tab within the resume builder.

Full Screen Writing Tips

Resume Writing Forum and Community

Posted On: Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 - Posted By: GigTide

Our new online community gives job-seekers, employers, head-hunters, resume writers and anyone else in the job-search industry, a place to connect, share information, ideas, knowledge and feedback.

The new GigTide Community has been developed to help job-seekers connect to other job-seekers and potential employers for peer reviews, feedback, idea generation, and simply to stay connected to the best ways to get noticed and land that dream career. Information such as interview tips and secrets to resume writing can be found in the GigTide Community. Peer support and job-searching advice and feedback helps job-seekers create resumes that demand results and succeed through group knowledge and communication. By sharing experiences during the job search, job-seekers can learn from others’ challenges and successes.

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Resume Builder updates for 2008

Posted On: Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 - Posted By: GigTide

Happy New Year

We’d like to start off 2008 by giving a BIG Thank You to all of you who were Beta Testers and provided valuable feedback to make GigTide even better. As a token of our gratitude, we are extending your FREE trial of GigTide to you through January 7, 2008.

Resume Builder for the New Year

2008 promises to be a big year for our GigTide customers. We are working on even more Resume Builder Enhancements, New Resume Templates, Refined Resume Writing Tips, The GigTide Community, and a ton more!

We’ve updated our Resume Builder’s interface based on your Feedback

New Resume Builder Interface

New Resume Builder Updates and Enhancements

  • Improved Interface
    We have increased the amount of room for both editing the elements of your resume, and reading the writing tips for each step.
  • Simplified Workflow and Visual Elements
    Instead of trying to fit everything on one screen, we’ve streamlined the process and made it easier to select your resume template, name your resume, and re-order the elements of your resume.
  • Enhanced layout for screen resolutions 1024 x 768 and higher
    We’ve opened up a lot of the space in the interface and made the application easier to use for screen resolutions 1024 x 768 and higher. Additional enhancements will be arriving later this month!
  • Smart Resume Formatting
    In our latest updates, we have increased the methods and awareness of our templates to better handle bulleted lists. We want to ensure that your resume looks the way you want it to.
  • Enhanced PDF and Word Doc Resume Templates
    In addition to great looking online resume templates, we’ve also enhanced our Word Doc and PDF resume templates. In fact, we will be releasing multiple layouts, so you can customize exactly how your Word Doc and PDF resume templates will look.
  • Multi-Lingual Character Support
    We are excited to see how people around the world are using the GigTide Resume Builder! We’ve made sure that our resumes will look good in many languages, and continuing into 2008, we will be focusing strongly on this section of our resume software.

More “How To” Guides and Videos on Their Way!

We’re in the process of building additional guides to help you find all the amazing aspects within the GigTide Resume Builder. You can check out our first Visual Resume Builder Guide here.

We will be announcing the latest guides and videos in this blog, so don’t forget to subscribe to it with your favorite RSS Reader.

Help us Get the Word Out and Improve our Resume Builder

If you know someone in the market for a new job, please tell them about the GigTide Resume Builder and Job Seeker Tools.

The feedback we receive from our customers is regarded very highly. We do our best to listen and enhance our product based on what our customers are saying. If you have an improvement idea, or there is something that you don’t like about the GigTide Resume Builder, we want to hear it. Give us your feedback.

Most Popular Resume Templates (December)

Posted On: Saturday, December 22nd, 2007 - Posted By: GigTide

Introducing our most popular resume templates for the month of December.
GigTide is free
until Jan 1st, 2008, so sign up and use one of these templates while the gettin’s good.

Basic Resume Template#1: Basic Resume Template

This is your standard template and GigTide’s most popular. It includes a basic white background and black text which provides its minimalistic beauty.

Basic Resume Template#2: Modern 1 Resume Template

The black header includes a classical watermark that shows up behind your name, allowing your information to be the focus.

Basic Resume Template#3: Modern 3 Resume Template

Giving your information the ability to jump out at the reader is the key to this template. The subtle grey background and highlighted menu options are the small touches it took to make this template #3.

Basic Resume Template#4: Modern 2 Resume Template

Similar to our #3 template, this one presents your information on a white background surrounded by a very light grey and pleasant shadow effects.

Basic Resume Template#5: Black Resume Template

If contrast is what you want, this is the template for you. The black background and white text ensures that the information you want to showcase will be presented to the eye of the reader.

Basic Resume Template#6: Modern 6 Resume Template

Coming in at #6, this template includes a halftone pattern surrounding your name, position, title and footer links.

Basic Resume Template#7: Modern 8 Resume Template

Rounded rectangles make their debut in the header and footer of this template. Your contact information is included within the shiny header and your information is displayed neatly below.

Basic Resume Template#8: Modern 4 Resume Template

Giving your contact information a place of its own is important. This simple, yet effective, template design may be just what you are looking for.

Basic Resume Template#9: Modern 5 Resume Template

Although this comes in at number nine on our list, this template is one of our favorites. It’s simple vertical layout makes it easy to read and the menu is politely positioned in the upper right corner.

Basic Resume Template#10: Modern 6 Resume Template

Last but not least, this template includes very light highlights in the header and footer — just enough to set them apart from the rest of the template’s layout.

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Resume Builder, Resume Templates and How to Write a Resume

Posted On: Thursday, December 20th, 2007 - Posted By: GigTide

GigTide.com is an online resume builder containing resume samples and writing tips – A complete online resume development and job-seeker solution. Users can build, post and manage resumes, contacts, cover letters and portfolios online. GigTide’s intuitive, easy-to-use interface, resume writing tips, resume examples, resume samples, spell checking, tracking features and stunningly designed resume templates help job-seekers prepare unique employment resumes and stand out from the competition. Users can build and store unlimited resumes, contacts, cover letters and web links for a monthly subscription fee as low as $8.25. GigTide.com is offering free subscription until January 1st, 2008.

“There are reportedly at least 40,000,000 resumes floating around out there on the Internet today,” said Micah Johnson, Founder and CEO of Chief Ingredient (the developer on the online resume builder). “Recruiting and hiring managers are inundated with online resumes and cover letters. Our goal is to provide job-seekers with the means to develop professional, well-designed, unique resumes that will differentiate them from the competition and help them land their dream job.”

GigTide’s interface takes users through a simple resume development process of choosing a resume template, entering in information such as a professional objective, work history, education, etc., previewing and saving. Throughout the process, users can review formatting information to evaluate whether a chronological, functional or combination format is most appropriate for them. Resume writing tips, a reference list of action verbs, resume examples and suggestions throughout the process help users create professional, well-written resumes and cover letters. Users can also create and manage an online portfolio which is automatically integrated into the resume. Online resumes can then be distributed to prospective employers who can access the resume online, download a PDF or Word version, view a portfolio and contact the applicant with one click of a mouse.

The tracking and dashboard reporting system allows users to enter and manage unlimited contacts, track how many people are viewing their resumes and where the visitors are coming from. “Job-seekers taking advantage of GigTide’s services no longer have to wonder if anyone is paying attention to their applications,” said Johnson. “GigTide is the next generation of resume development and the first place job-seekers should go to jump-start their career search in 2008.”

About Chief Ingredient:
Chief Ingredient, LLC is a Social Media Marketing firm located in San Diego, CA. Using today’s most innovative technology, Chief Ingredient incorporates effective business strategy and marketing initiatives into their solutions for social media marketing and quality traffic generation. Implementing the tools necessary to employ online word-of-mouth advertising, we provide cost-effective marketing strategies that compliment existing marketing methods while allowing our clients to control their brand image and position across the social web. Chief Ingredient embraces Adobe Flex Technologies for rapid application development which allows us to build custom web and desktop applications; providing additional innovative business solutions for our clients.

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For more information about Chief Ingredient, LLC, please visit www.chiefingredient.com.



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