I used to send PDFs but agencies always want to edit your CV to remove your contact details before sending it to the potential employer. As some agents don’t need much excuse to pass you by I prefer not to give them a reason to.
Donna Svei
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Based on recent experiences and stories I have heard from other job seekers, I have become convinced that recruiting is the current refuge of people too dumb to do any other job.
In the tablet version of my resume I have a link to my Dropbox print version of my resume for download. It’s gone over well, so I think a ”click for mobile” would look quite savvy.
Thoughts on adding a URL (or TinyURL) to the top of your resume that links to a mobile-formatted version of it?
Going to a second page is common now, but going over two is typically frowned on. Another thing is if you go onto that second page, don’t add just 1/4 or 1/2 page of information. Make sure that you are using at least 2/3 of the space. If you are struggling to, odds are you can further flesh out some details earlier in…
I’m beginning to HATE everything being mobile-optimized. It’s like we’re going back to HTML 2.0 or something, where a “blink” tag was the fanciest element allowed. So many sites today look ridiculous on these huge monitors, as they’re formatted in 3 inch boxes...
It probably wouldn’t surprise you to hear many recruiters review resumes on their phones. That’s a problem for you…
Helvetica used to be my go-to for lots of things, but lately I prefer Cambria/Calibri depending on whether I want serif/sans-serif. I know modern fonts don’t get much love, but they really are very readable on both the page and the screen.
Thank you so much!
Thanks, I’m glad I’m not the only one!
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Andy there is so much gold in Donna's responses. I hope this article and its comment section becoming the Kinja equivalent of a sticky. Thanks both of ya for arranging this.
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This really does not surprise me. When I had to hire people in my previous employment, I want good information that could clearly be read. Anything other than that was not getting more than 10 seconds of my time.
As a recruiter, I'm not reading your resume to be entertained; I'm reading it to gather information. I have hundreds of resumes to review, so I'm really not interested in havign to seek out where you have hidden your information in your creative format...standards exist for a reason. It's like reading a recipe to…