The 9 Rules of Resume Design

Compose your resume on a blank piece of paper and then use the template as a guide to replicate the overall layout.

Follow these 9 free resume design rules

1. Keep it to a maximum of two pages.

2. Use one inch margins all the way around the page

3. Always use left justification

4. Font and size should remain consistent

5. Use the basic bullet point indicators like circles and squares.

6. If you want to you can use all caps in your headlines otherwise all text to remain with default formatting

7. Do not underline any information as this implies an active web link when uploaded to search engine web sites

8. Use a maximum of 14 point font size for headings and 12 point for normal text.

9. Make use of the tab key when creating spaces between the text.

To double check, email it to friends and family asking them to report anything outside of the ordinary. Make a point of printing it out on paper to see that all the margins are correctly set and your content is not crowded.

Once you are happy with with it, proof it one more time for typos, misspellings and errors before submitting it. Now take a breather and stay within arms reach of your phone...

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