Tilas

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Thanks for the response! I'll definitely check out your resume builder, we're always looking into whats "current" for resumes. A lot has changed over the years in terms of style and formatting.

LOL at the sex guru! Definitely an interesting one! I once had a client put "I git er done" under their job description, and when I suggested they change it they were very insistent to leave it there, as they felt it "said all they needed to say". Funny thing, they didn't get the job. :P

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Awesome AMA, good information here. I've worked in an employment office for a long time, and the main part of my job is resume writing, so I'm curious to know how you go about formatting it.

  • Looking at the templates you listed below, I noticed use of colors. Generally we shy away from color as it tends to get lost when the resume is photocopied/faxed. Do you feel color is alright, or should resumes stick to black and white?

  • Font wise, what fonts do you prefer? Times New Roman used to be "standard" but now I find people drift more to Arial or Calibri. Do you find companies generally fussy about font sizes and types? Our rule of thumb is no more than 2 font types in 2 sizes, to keep the resume uniform.

  • The "References" section, how do you handle it? We always get clients who put "References Available Upon Request" line instead of actual references, which to me, is horribly redundant and a space waster. Unless you actually have references, I tend to just omit the entire section. Your samples don't show references at all, so do you include them (on a separate page perhaps), or just omit them entirely? (unless the job posting requests it, of course)

  • Your "Summary" sections in your templates, it seems like a wall of text, why don't you use bullet format for it instead? Is that just to conserve space?

Finally, random question here, what's the strangest resume you've ever gotten? I once had a client bring in a resume written on a piece of bark. I thought it was oddly brilliant though, as he was applying for a Chainsaw Operator position and wanted to prove how precise he could use the chainsaw. He got the job with it LOL!