There's no time to waste for turning in your resume. Because so many positions are competitive and will see no shortage of applicants, you need to put together a resume that sets you apart from every other applicant. While your experience and content on the resume matters, the resume design is just as necessary so that yours finds its way to the top of the stack for review.
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The article started off by giving a too real example of what could happen if you are not prepared with the perfect resume in hand. A resume is a paper representation of your best self so its important that the resume design not only speaks to you, but also appeals to the employer at your dream job. the design of a resume is something that many people don't pay much attention too but is becoming what sets you apart from other applicants. If a resume is truly eye catching and speaks to who you are, it can help an employer remember you and be interested in your resume. It does however, scare me when I see articles like this, talking about the most popular resume formats and templates. I myself would consider the formatting, but ultimately stay away from the top choices because those are the ones that everyone else are going to pick and then yours no longer sticks out.
At first I wasn't overly impressed with the article and the resume examples shown. Some of the resumes have a nice looking layout and color scheme, but I wasn't impressed until I continued scrolling. I really really like the idea of using the actual software icons be clickable links to other pieces of information about yourself. It's so clean and speaks for itself, you can offer your resume in multiple forms, or can link to your website cleanly. I think the professional world is moving farther and farther from the black and white paragraph resumes to more visually stimulating ones. Little accents or details like this can make your resume stand out and potentially get yours placed in the yes pile as opposed to the no pile. I think I may try some of these suggested programs for my resume; I wasn't completely sold on the ones I created from Credle, I'd like to have more aesthetic control over my resume's overall look.
One thing that I am unfortunately lacking in is a good looking resume. While mine is informative, it is quite boring in terms of looks. This template does all the heavy lifting for the user, making it easier for the user to create a better looking resume. This helps the average job-applicant help themselves stand out from the rest of the crowd, and makes it more likely that they will receive a call back than other applicants. These templates are also compatible with most major image and word processing programs, such as Adobe Photoshop, inDesign, and Microsoft Word. This makes it even more accessible to the average user, who wants to make a better looking resume. I will absolutely make use of these templates next time I update my resume. The different sizes and styles of resumes are also very interesting, as, again, it helps the average person stand out from the crowd even more.
With my Professional Prep class assignment of creating 3 more resumes based on templates, I have been thinking about this a lot. I have mostly used Canva because it is a website I am familiar with and it is super easy to drag and drop things in and out. I know many of my classmates have been trying Envato and liking it. One thing that sounds good about this kind of resume builder is you only have to enter in your information you want to include once and then you can click through their different formats and see it in each. Having done some exercises with resume I do see how important format is because it reflects you, but also will determine what someone sees. I have felt kind of attached to my resume format that I have used for the past couple years, but exploring other options is important.
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