Resume (CV)

Good resume

A good resume follows the same structure than a page to catch the attention:

• Layout: Clear, simple layouts with clearly marked section and title headers.
  • Layouts that took advantage of F-pattern and E-pattern reading tendencies (e.g. bold job titles supported by bulleted lists of accomplishments)
• Job titles: Recruiters spent more time focusing on job titles than on any other element.
• An overview or mission statement at the top of the first page of the resume.
• Short declarative statements (easier to process) - accomplishments
• Clear / simple fonts
• two-page rule
• keyword relevancy remains important

Bad

• no use of white space
• little use of section/job headers to catch the eye (did not draw the eye down)