{"id":666,"date":"2020-06-03T19:47:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T14:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cvdragon.com\/blog\/?p=666"},"modified":"2020-11-27T10:44:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T05:14:49","slug":"presentation-tips-dress-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvdragon.com\/blog\/presentation-tips-dress-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentation tips: Dress up your resume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">STYLE IS WHAT YOU ARE, WHAT YOU WANT TO EXPRESS<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201c\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A quote that applies to everyone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dressing is one of the most important things. The same goes for your RESUME. Proper dressing of your resume is necessary to unlock the hidden potential of your very own RESUME. <a href=\"https:\/\/cvdragon.com\/blog\/writing-resume-first-7-steps\/\">Your RESUME<\/a> reflects who you are and what you can do, right? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, let&#8217;s look at some of the useful tips to add elegance to your RESUME.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>BRING OUT THOSE HYPERLINKS\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yup! You guessed it right, am talking about HYPERLINKS. See, it\u2019s already 2020, and everything is getting advanced, so why don\u2019t you also get advanced. Use some<strong> HYPERLINKS in your resume.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the RESUMES will be going through machine scan, HYPERLINKS will give the machine the link to something else, link the HYPERLINK to your WEBSITE, or any sort of PROJECT or LINKEDIN profile, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>SWITCH TO ANOTHER FONT\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We often feel pleased to see a change. Hence, dress up your resume for a good change, and a noticeable one. Therefore, changing the FONT of your RESUME, to something noticeable will be a pleasant change.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stick to fonts that are professional and less casual or artsy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Advantages are :\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quickly attract the attention of the Recruiter.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will give an attractive look to your RESUME.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make your RESUME stand out from others.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Might please the Recruiter with the small change you have made, yet a noticeable change.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep few points in mind, do not apply fonts that are not easily readable.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DO NOT use more than two fonts in your RESUME.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DO NOT change the font color to some fancy shades, keep if FORMAL.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use fonts according to the JOB you are applying for.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>SKIMMABLE Resume<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make your RESUME skimmable by :\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adding Separation Lines to separate different sections.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use Page Border.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use Bullets and Numbers for precision.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make it Short and Good-Looking RESUME.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also use short points and Orphan words instead of rail-track of words.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>USE OF PROPER RESUME TEMPLATE<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Templates add just the touch of standing-out sensation that one needs to make it to the next \u2013 level of selection. Use of the JOB \u2013 SPECIFIC TEMPLATE can change the whole scenario. It describes your knowledge regarding the post you are applying for. Making your <strong>RESUME stand out<\/strong> from others puts together your interesting, confidence, and risk-taking attitude in front of the recruiter.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>GO FOR A VIDEO RESUME\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A<a href=\"https:\/\/cvdragon.com\/blog\/importance-video-resume-2\/\"><strong> video resume<\/strong><\/a> will be much better than a traditional resume. This will give you a very large leap towards shortlisting than other applicants for selection for that job.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are hundreds and thousands of RESUME (TRADITIONAL) being sent or submitted by applicants. Recruiters are tired of looking at those papers for hours and hours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine, the recruiter getting an email and on opening it they find out your VIDEO RESUME. It might give him\/ her relief from the stress of reading through the TRADITIONAL RESUMES. Plus watching an interesting VIDEO RESUME is quite fun. Plus, you will gain an advantage over all those applicants who are submitting TRADITIONAL and LONG RESUMES.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c STYLE IS WHAT YOU ARE, WHAT YOU WANT TO EXPRESS. \u201c\u00a0 A quote that applies to everyone.\u00a0 Dressing is one of the most important things. The same goes for your RESUME. Proper dressing of your resume is necessary to unlock the hidden potential of your very own RESUME. 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