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Okay, so you have the skills, the experience and the qualifications, and you've put it all down in your resume, and done the best you can. Just a question before you send it out - Have you beautified your resume? No?

Would you attend a job interview in sweatpants, an unwashed tee and flip-flops? Why not? After all, what the job-hunter needs is you – you are the one with the skills and the abilities, your clothes shouldn't matter, should they?

That's the reason why Resume aesthetics are so important. [Aesthetics – Artistic, relating to good taste, style, elegance.]

With Word-processing software, we as resume writers have a variety of choices to enable us to make our resumes good-looking and unique. Here are a few pointers to get you started:

Paper:

• Choose a paper size that is the standard used in your part of the world. Worldwide, A4 size paper (8.3 by 11.7 inches) is the norm, except in the United States, Canada and Mexico, where the Letter (8.5 by 11 inches) is the standard.
• For printing, choose a plain white, good-quality paper.  German Alabaster is one such that is prefered by professionals.

Fonts:
• Use a standard font – something uncluttered like Tahoma, Verdana, Georgia, Trebuchet MS. Avoid using Fancy fonts, especially those that might not show up correctly on a different system. Such fonts can even be distracting to the reader.
Avoid using different fonts through the resume. If you really want to use different fonts, it might be alright to use up to two different fonts – one for the headings and one for the text, but make sure those fonts go well together.


Font size:
• Use a Font Size of about 10-11 pt for the body of the text.  [There are a few fonts for which 9-9.5 is more suitable - so do use your discretion.] Smaller than that, and the reader will have to squint to read it, and larger than that is a waste of space, and might look comical and unprofessional. Use a slightly larger font for the headings.
  
  
  Spacing and Formatting:
Leave enough white space throughout the resume – margin space all around the page, and ample space between sections, between headings and text, and so on.
You could use line borders to create clarity, and to add a professional touch to the resume.
Divide your resume into sections with clear headings. Leave space between sections.
Use bold text for significant words and phrases, to make them stand out.
Avoid excessive decoration and styling – keep it simple. It shouldn't be too drab, nor should it be too ostentatious. Strike the right balance.


Colours:
Limit the use of colours – if you must, then just use it minimally – in highlighting and accentuation, or for differentiating heading-level text.
The best best is to use black text on a white background.


Bullets:
Use bullets wherever necessary, but don't overdo it. Not all text needs bullets.
Use the same kind of bullets throughout the resume.

Headers and Footers:

• You could make use of headers and footers to denote page numbers.  For example, the footer can contain the page number of the resume in the format "Page X of Y,"  so that, in case the sheets of your resume come apart for some reason, it will be easy for the reader to put them back together.  For the same reason, you could also include "Resume of XYZ" in the footer.

Two things to keep in mind:

• Whatever font/design/bullet/spacing/style you decide to use, let it be consistent throughout your resume
• The utmost priority is to aid the reader to navigate easily through your resume.

But remember, if your resume is just aesthetically pleasing, but full of spelling and grammar mistakes, or if it doesn't have the simple requirements of a good resume, then it is of no use!

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