Resume Tip #1

Aesthetics

 

The person who will be reviewing your resume will likely spend only 15 seconds looking at it, the easier it is to read - the greater your chance of selling yourself in that short amount of time.

This week I will be showing off a resume I received from a coworker.

Their resume was sloppy, but with about 30 minutes worth of work and some simple tricks, I made it look a lot cleaner.

 

By spending a few minutes to an hour messing with your resume aesthetics, you can really make a big difference.

 

 

So here is what I did:

1. Pulled the personal information into a string of text below the name, using '|' to denote the separation
2. Increased the size of the name
3. Eliminated unnecessary headers and combined subjects when applicable
4. Aligned text to the left and dates to the right
5. Created horizontal lines to divide important information
1. This is done by entering in '_' across the width of the page in Word
2. once it covers the entire width of the page, press 'Enter'
3. this turns it into a thick line and applies it to the text above.