designing your resume can seem
intimidating at first so we're here with
some simple but effective ways to get
your resume polished and organized first
use white space to make your resume
easier to read leaving enough space
around your headings bulleted lists and
margins helps people scan your resume
quickly and keeps it from looking
cluttered to keep things professional
and readable don't use more than two
fonts when choosing fonts stick with
ones that are simple and clean like
Times New Roman Arial or Tahoma be
careful with font sizes as the best size
usually depends on the font you've
chosen for most fonts your description
should be around 11 to 12 points while
your headings can be around 14 points
your font should be easy to read but not
oversized so you may have to play with
it to get it just right
try using bold and italics to emphasize
key words such as job titles or headings
however you should do so sparingly
because if you bold or italicize too
much your emphasis will be lost don't
overuse color when trying to accent
parts of your resume
although careful use of color can
sometimes help you stand out it can
potentially put off hiring managers when
in doubt the safest option is to not use
color at all no matter what type of
design element you use be consistent
throughout your resume for example if
you modify one of your headings be sure
to modify all of them in the same style
otherwise you'll look sloppy
putting some time into the design of
your resume
can help give it an extra layer of
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