Streamline Training & Documentation: "Five Resume-Formatting Mistakes"

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

"Five Resume-Formatting Mistakes"

Earlier this month Matthew Rothenberg published an excellent summary of five mistakes to avoid when formatting your resume. It will only take you a moment to read Rothenberg's piece. Here's a preview of the five "Don'ts" he highlights:

Don't make your resume too long and/or use type and margins that are too small.

Don't overuse bullets.

Don't stick too rigidly to listing your career history and accomplishments in chronological order.

Don't include pictures, and don't use PDF format (do use MSWord).

Don't choose a poorly formatted filename.

(Do use something along these lines for, say, a Logistics Manager position: John-Doe-Resume-Logistics-Manager.doc.)

You can find a variety of "Do's" for your resume at TheLadders, the online job site where Rothenberg is editorial director.

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