![]() ![]() ![]() no columns, tables, or horizontal lines (all will be deleted when converted to docx).only bold the company name (according to jobscan).can only use right tab stops for a few things (job title and date).I tried a few and this is what I learned, and I’m hoping to validate or change if I’m wrong here! Looking for feedback: So I guess I could be an anomaly, but if it ain't broke I'm not gonna fix it □Īlso very curious how this might look. I've interacted and worked with dozens (maybe into the hundreds by now?) of recruiters and never had a single concern about my resume formatting. But from everything I've ever seen the actual content of your resume is far more important than concerns about formatting, assuming you've logically organized it in the first place. I also have a plain text version that I can copy and paste from when needed (or just paste in) if I upload my resume to a system that parses it on the fly and needs correction. They're also able to view your resume as it was uploaded no matter what the ATS system does. But my conclusion isn't just from my experience, it's also from most every recruiter I've ever talked with or read posts by that think ATS concerns are overblown and assure that every candidate is looked at by a person no matter what. I realize some software is terrible, and I imagine some does parse it incorrectly. Of course I can't speak for anyone else who hires designers, this is just my own opinion. I definitely wouldn't think "meh" just because it looks plain. On the other hand, I have hired designers who submitted a plain-looking resume with black text on a white background, in one column, with proper use of headings and bullets and a nice font choice. If an applicant can't fulfill that basic principal with their resume, that definitely gives me a bad impression of them. The most important thing about design is that the user needs to easily get the information they need. Or they have 12 bullets for each previous job and the resume goes on for three and a half pages. Or they use a font color that is hard to read against the background, and a font that is too small. Like there's two columns, but the headings don't stand out so it's hard to pick out sections of information. I'm a hiring manager, and I get a lot of resumes that are so over-designed that they're hard to read. ![]()
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