some commonsense tips for your resume

austinmshauri
Mon, 06 Mar 2017 15:23:24 +0000

Some of her points are good, although it seems obvious that resumes should be proofread for typos, but some of her points were stylistic and subjective. I agree that it’s important to make good use of white space, but what’s annoying to me (as a former graphic designer) may not be to someone else. And eliminating keywords could work against applicants when the first round may be via a computer searching for specific terms. I do think it’s a good idea to use accomplishments instead of duties in job descriptions, and I agree that making the summary key points instead of a paragraph makes resumes easier to read.