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Job-Seeker Resume Tutorial:
How to Develop and Polish Your Job-Search Resume

 

What are the Most Important Design Elements for a Resume?

 

Key resume design elements for your job-search resume...

• Use bold type, italics, bold and italics, varying font sizes, and upper-case lettering for emphasis and to control the reader's eye.
• Type should be between 10 & 12 pt.
• Balance the material on your page.
• Allow sufficient white space.
• Bulleted lists are extremely reader-friendly.
• Be consistent with headings so the eye can follow a pattern.
• Do not use justified text blocks.
• Do NOT italicize your entire resume.
• Don't use more than two fonts.

 

 

 

Lost? Go to the Map of the Job-Seeker Resume Tutorial.

 

 

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Maximize your career and job-search knowledge and skills! Take advantage of The Quintessential Careers Content Index, which enables site visitors to locate articles, tutorials, quizzes, and worksheets in 35 career, college, job-search topic areas.

 

 

 

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