A resume is a visual representation of your career, strengths, and accomplishments to date. Given that the average employer generally spends less than a minute perusing any one resume, it’s important to ensure that your resume not only has current information, but also a current look. So, how do you ensure that your resume has a keeper design? Here are a few basic tips:
- Make sure your name is the focal point – you’re selling yourself and prospective employers need to know who that is.
- Construct your resume so that the visual layout guides the seeker to your qualifications and strengths – employers tend to skim and scan resumes rather than read every word, so design your resume to maximise this.
- Have consistent and polished formatting – use clear titles and headings, use one typeface in no more than three styles or sizes and ensure there is plenty of whitespace or use of contrast to enhance readability.
- Align left or justify your paragraphing – it’s important that the reader’s eye has clean lines to follow.
Resume design alone won’t ensure you the job, but it will make sure your resume gets a closer look. Stay tuned for how to write about your career strengths and how to devise a career summary.
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