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Career Search Tips: Scannable Resumes
Resumes now have to meet two criteria: how does it appeal to the human eye and is it scannable. Following are some strategies for preparing a scannable resume.
Resume Tips
You really know the basics, but since so many folks violate at least a few of these, let's recap what are the basics:
- Make it easy to read - plenty of white space, Arial font or other easy to read font, bullet points, limit use of fancy formatting such as bolding, or italics.
- Two pages maximum. It is the norm and if you ignore, you look as if you cannot separate the important from trivia.
- Most preferred format is reverse chronological with current job shown first.
- Tell more about most recent jobs, less about earlier ones. Dump jobs that are more than 15 years ago or create a simple summary sentence.
Remember: your resume is just the advertisement to pique the interest of your targeted employer, so it must demonstrate clearly what value you offer to them.
Your Advertisement aka Your Resume
In our first article, you did your homework and created a vision of your ideal next job. Now, you can start writing your resume! This resume should show your experience, skills, and knowledge for that ideal job.
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