Don’t Limit Your Career Options – #6
Dec 20th, 2007 by emgra
A few experts feel that the resume objectives section can be limiting to job seekers. It makes you be very specific as to your goals. This may be constraining if you want to be general and leave your options open.
Most candidates labor under the misconception that employers read resumes to find someone to interview and hire. This idea is completely false. In today’s competitive job market employers screen resumes for one purpose only … to screen out job seekers.
You also have to decide on the layout of your resume. Choose a common font and medium range font-size, such as 12. Decide how you want to highlight the headings of the different sections. You can use bold, italics or underline to highlight section headings. Some people use bold and a larger font size to highlight their name on the resume.
Here is another resume writing tip to quickly spruce up your resume: Add bullets and formatting to make it more easily readable.