What’s the Best Resume Font, Size, and Format [For 2023]
What’s the Best Resume Font, Size, and Format [For 2023]
Learn more
Next page
What’s the Best Resume Font & Size
The most common font people tend to use is Times New Roman, 12pt. Now, there’s nothing necessarily wrong with that, but you should know that it’s going to be the default font for most people.
Do you want your resume to stand out among all the Times New Roman resumes? If so, consider using:
Ubuntu - Ubuntu is a modern,
Next page
What’s the Best Resume Font & Size
humanist-style, typeface developed in 2010. It looks great everywhere, maximizes readability, and does not belong to any specific industry. You can use it for all job applications and your resume is guaranteed to stand out.– Roboto - Looks familiar? You might recognize this font because Google developed it for its Android operating
Next page
What’s the Best Resume Font & Size
system in 2011. But don’t worry, it’s free for commercial use. It has a tech look to it, but feel free to use it in any industry - tech or otherwise.– Overpass - Relatively newer font, developed in 2015, Overpass is a digital typeface font inspired by Highway Gothic. It looks very formal and classy, making it ideal for more conservative industries. But
Next page
What’s the Best Resume Font & Size
you can’t go wrong with using it in other industries as well because of its sleek design.
Next page
What’s the Best Resume Font & Size
Resume Font SizeIn a resume builder, such as ours, the font sizes are pre-defined in order to create a font hierarchy across the document that will result in increased readability of your resume.When faced with a situation where you are not relying on a resume builder and have to choose the font size yourself, as a rule of thumb, we
Next page
What’s the Best Resume Font & Size
recommend going with 10-12pt for normal text and 14-16pt for section titles and headers.This approach should save you some space and also won’t make the HR manager have to squint to read the text. It’s important to note that once you decide on a font and font size, they should be consistent throughout the whole resume.
Next page
What’s the Best Resume Font & Size
Basic Layout InfoWhen it comes to the resume layout, here’s what you need to know:– Line spacing - Go for 1.0 or 1.15 line spacing between text and double lines after subheadings. Feel free to adjust this accordingly based on the space of your resume– Bullet points - You can use bullet points in your resume
Next page
What’s the Best Resume Font & Size
experience section to make it easier to skim through. Just make sure you don’t overuse them, limit them up to 6 points within each section.– Resume length - Stick to one page, unless you have 5+ years of experience (2/3 pages at most, in that case).
Next page
How to Format Your Resume
Contact InformationYour name, professional title, email address, contact information. These are all things that go on any resume ever. After all, they need a way to contact you, right? Make sure the spelling is correct, and everything is up to date. Thinking of including your social media handles?
Next page
How to Format Your Resume
As long as they’re relevant - go for it. Your LinkedIn profile is important for most HR managers.But your Behance link might be relevant only if you work in design. Likewise, you might want to include Github only if you’re in IT.
Next page
How to Format Your Resume
Resume Summary or Objective?Do you have more than 2 years of work experience?Include a resume summary that sums up your previous jobs and qualifications in 50 words or less. Don’t just repeat what’s on the resume below. Instead, offer insight that might compel the HR manager to learn more about you. Now, if that’s not
Next page
How to Format Your Resume
the case, feel free to include a resume objective that mentions your motivations and why you’re the perfect candidate for your job. If you don’t have a lot of experience, feel free to lean on what inspires you instead.
Next page
How to Format Your Resume
Work ExperienceThis is the section most HR managers jump to in your resume. If you want to convince them that you’re the right fit, make sure you list work experience that’s relevant to the position and offers actionable insight. If possible, quantify the impact you made when working for each role and be very specific about your contributions.
Next page
How to Format Your Resume
SkillsMost job ads typically list the type of skills they’re looking for straight away. This is your chance to stand out and prove to the HR manager that you’ve actually read the job ad.To perfect your skills section, get a good mix of hard and soft skills.What’s the difference? Well, your hard skills include
Next page
How to Format Your Resume
specific knowledge and expertise that comes from training. For example, if you’re applying for a tech job, your hard skills should include specific knowledge needed for the job.For example:– Python– Java– C++
Next page
How to Format Your Resume
Your soft skills, meanwhile, are self-developed and come from experience. I.e. skills you’ve learned from life, such as communicating with people, working in a startup, and so on.For example:– Leadership– Communication– Self-DrivenWhen thinking about some of the skills to put on your resume,
Next page
How to Format Your Resume
read the job ad carefully. You want to mention the skills that are relevant for the job - no one cares about your Expert knowledge of Underwater Basket Weaving.
Next page
How to Format Your Resume
EducationThis is fairly straightforward, yet, many people make the mistake of filling this section with unnecessary information.When writing your education section, only include the important things, such as:– University name– Major (s)– Years attended– (Optional) GPA - Is it more
Next page
How to Format Your Resume
than 3.5? Then you might want to include it.– (Optional) Honors - Were you top of the class? Go for it.– (Optional) Minor program - Relevant to the job? Feel free to include.
Next page
How to Format Your Resume
Optional SectionsWant to stand out from the crowd AND leave a good impression? Some of these optional sections might help…– Hobbies and interests– Volunteering Experience– Projects– Languages– Certifications and Awards– Publications