Resume Design: Tips and Templates That Get Results

Resume Design: Tips and Templates That Get Results

Avatar photo Jeff Gipson | August 26, 2015

Employers desire crisp-looking resumes that get to the point. By using the example on this page as a model, you’ll optimize both the design and the substance of your resume.

Layout
Add awareness and readability by using bullet points, indents and various font styles (such as bold and italic letters). Refrain from utilizing non-traditional fonts or incorporating photos or graphics.

Length
The universal concept is: one page for early-career (entry level to 5-10 years); two pages for mid-career candidates.

Job Data
Supply the reader with applicable information about your previous and existing employers, such as product or service detail, size and physical location.

Measurables
Quantify your occupation obligations, reporting relationships and achievements with actual numbers.

Job and Education Dates
Make certain the dates are clear and without openings. If you’re a mid- to late-career candidate, you can save space by lumping early-career jobs together.

Degree Credentials
Kindly be accurate—and honest. Misrepresenting your degree is immoral, and might lead to an outcome that is embarrassing—or more painful.

About the Author

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Jeff Gipson
Jeff Gipson Sr. is a veteran of the staffing industry, with more than 30 years of experience. He got his start working for an international staffing organization where he focused on information technology placements across the country. In July 1992, Jeff continued his staffing career with a St. Louis based information technology staffing company. There, he was strategically involved in launching the organization’s first branch office — and subsequently three additional branch offices over the next several years. In July 2000 Jeff made another move — this time to launch his own staffing company, continuing his IT focus. In 2003 the organization was reinvented. Relying on his earlier sales career in the insurance industry, the company changed course and began building the firm around the insurance industry. The company continues to put all their energy in the insurance sector filling positions of all titles across the country. Jeff and his wife Carolyn have been married since 1980. They have three children and seven grandchildren.
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