subject: Best Resume Font [print this page] Your resumes appearance is important, appearance matter when it comes to attracting the recruiters eye and if it doesnt look good the chances are it might not get read.
So you need to take care when it comes to formatting your resume. Especially today, with the jobs market being so competitive. Every job advertisement attracts stacks of applicants who all send in their resumes, making yours look attractive is the difference between it getting read and getting discarded.
Fortunately theres plenty of ways you can make your resume stand out. The obvious way is to use an attractive resume font that is easy to read. A good clean font will go a long way towards improving the look of your resume and make it stand out, increasing the chances of it getting read. And getting your resume read is the whole objective.
The resumes that attract the recruiters eye are cleanly formatted resumes that dont look cluttered and are easy to read.
Theres a number of fonts that will make your resume look more attractive. Helvertica is a nice clean font that looks good. Arial, Courier and Times New Roman are also good fonts to use on a resume. They look nice and clean and that helps to make your resume look more attractive.
Never use handwriting fonts, these are difficult to read and most recruiters wont even attempt to read them. Resumes formatted with handwriting fonts will go straight into the bin, especially if they are surrounded by resumes that are formatted with good readable fonts.
Theres no hard and fast rules regarding whats the best resume font to use, fashions change in the resume world and what worked one year might not be working now, theres also the fact that people have their own likes and dislikes about what constitutes a good resume font.
Its best to play safe when formatting your resume and use tried and tested fonts that will enhance the look of your resume. Times New Roman has being a mainstay on resumes for years and many people like to see this font on resumes for admin or technical jobs.
Some recruiters however, think this font is too small and becomes tiring on the eyes after a while. The way to get your resume to stand out is to make it attractive to read. In my experience the eye is drawn to resumes that look clean and uncluttered with plenty of white space.
A nice font to use is Calibri, it stands out and gives your resume a nice clean appearance I asked some of my colleagues which font they preferred to see on a resume. One said she found the Times font to be too small and people using it tended to cram lots of information on the page giving it a cluttered look. Cluttering a resume by trying to cram too much information onto one page should be avoided. Your resumes appearance is always improved when it has plenty of white space around it.
So opinion is varied. When choosing your font remember different fonts work better on different media. If you are sending a digital resume to be read on the screen then use Verdana or Arial. These are good fonts to use on the screen.
Getting the font right will get your resume noticed and this is the whole objective. If your resume doesnt get read it doesnt matter how suitably qualified and experienced you are, you wont be selected for the interview.
Coming up with a definitive font is impossible because of the varying opinions. The best thing to do with your resume before sending it off is to print it out in a number of different fonts and decide which one you find easier to read. Ask members of your family for their opinions; Then choose the one that looks best and is easy on the eye. This is what will attract recruiters.
