How To Format Your Resume For Jobs?
It is as equally as important to have a well formated curriculum vitae as it is to have a well written CV. When you submit a curriculum vitae, you need to remember that you are going to be one in a stack of resumes. Employers and potential employers scan the curriculum vitae, often looking for keywords, before they decide if they want to consider you as a serious candidate for a job. Your resume’s format will stand out as much as key words. Your resume will be the first impression prospective employers get of you, so you should take care to get it formatted well.
First, start with a blank page and avoid using templates that are already available in Microsoft Word because these templates are outdated, and they will make your resume appear generic and uninviting. Additionally, these templates, while well laid out in Microsoft Word, will not translate well when emailed or uploaded to job search engine web sites. You can find samples of resumes on the Internet; search for resumes by your industry to find the templates that make most sense for the job you are seeking.
It is best to limit your curriculum vitae to one page of text; yet, if you have extensive experience, it is acceptable to use two pages as long as you only list experiences and skills that are relevant to your career objective. Regardless of whether you are applying for a job in the arts or another creative field, you should not insert images or pictures into your resume. If you are looking to show off your creativity, you can do so in a separate portfolio of your work.
As a rule make sure your page is left justified Using left justification, font and font size should be consistent and the page should have one inch margins, top and bottom, right and left. Typically the headline and your name should be displays in the same manner but make the headline in bold and capitalized. Try not to underline any of the details because in the world of Internet driven job applications, underlining in a document implies a web link. I can’t stress enough that the format and how you write your curriculum vitae is very important. You don’t want to make your fonts too large. You need to consider to not use fonts that are larger than 14 points for your headers, and the remainder of your resume should use smaller fonts than your headers.
When trying to align your curriculum vitae, be ware of spacing and tabbing so stay consistent in the way that you are spacing out the information on the page, using tabs, rather than spaces. Work under the assumption that the person you are sending your resume to does not have the same computer programs that you do, and so it might not look the same way on their screens. You may have problems with margins, paragraph spacing, bullet points, and more! This is why you must keep the spacing consistent, as well as try to keep the font and the bullet points as basic as possible.
As a last check, have your friends and family review your curriculum vitae for any errors and their personal opinions or concerns. Your resume indicates the style and quality of your work so review it closely to ensure that it is clear, correct, and concise in writing and appearance with accurate margins and easy to read typeface.
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