Tech IndustryJun 8, 2020
MicrosoftKaWL85

Good looking resumes

Software Engineers, what do you think of resumes that have been designed to look good (i.e. colored header, two column format, etc)? I added two random images I found on Google.

Google b7ls14 Jun 8, 2020

Never put your picture on a resume. That’s asking for discrimination of all kinds. At least make them work for it lol. Also in the top third of the page, say anything you want them to know because most people don’t read the whole thing attentively.

Google gCoaster Jun 8, 2020

What if you're insanely good looking?

Indeed aawfv Jun 8, 2020

If you're too good looking they might be envious and not consider you... Unless you're a woman

Microsoft zQGF12 Jun 8, 2020

I would say that once you get past the recruiter your resume doesn’t matter.

Microsoft dreamer6 Jun 8, 2020

As long as your resume is not longer than 1 page I don't really care. But one things for sure, like Google said, never put your picture on resume.

Amazon kales Jun 8, 2020

Deedy resume is usually an insta-phone screen

Facebook easzss Jun 8, 2020

both of these don't look good to me

Google nessan Jun 8, 2020

Black and white, single column, no special formatting, font size 11-13 and never any pictures of any kind. If you can’t recreate the resume using a plain text editor, you probably over-formatted it.

Google nessan Jun 8, 2020

Eg. I personally think this one is a little odd (I would right align the dates and keep consistent formatting and add line separators between sections etc, but this is pretty close to how I expect good resumes to look)

Google Ben Dover. Jun 8, 2020

These are crap. You wanna be a coder or a fashion designer ?

Activision Blizzard Gtit81 Jun 8, 2020

I think second resume would have very high chances of being hired in tech

Uber eldengidia Jun 9, 2020

https://github.com/WebPraktikos/universal-resume Build it like a pro