Resume Formating For Job Seekers

Do you want your resume to stand out, but not for all the wrong reasons? There are some standards for resume formatting that should be followed.

 

• This is not the place for your personal flair or your resume may never get viewed by the
  right people.

• Stick to a simple font like Courier and send in text or ASCII format. (As opposed to html,
  or an email format that may be blocked by the interviewer's spam filter.)

• Begin with your most recent job with brief overview of job responsibilities, followed by additional work experience. Then list your education and pertinent certifications.

• Use brief bullet points to list and describe your job duties. Bullet points rather than paragraphs make it easier for the hiring manager to scan your resume.

• Make sure the limited space you have contains the most pertinent experience relating to
  the particular job opening.  Personalize it to the specific job!

 

Don'ts

• Don't use a lot of italics, bolding and underlining. Beyond cluttering up your resume, you
  want no excuse for various resume scanning software to misread or reject your submittal.

• Don't use "I," the first person pronoun. It's understood.

• Don't use lofty language and long sentences.

• Don't include an objective on your resume unless it is written specifically for the job opening.

 

Article from:  Accelerated Team Dynamics, May 2009 Issue