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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
3) Find a way to make your resume stand out or pop. Whether its formating, or whether its how you list your experience. I can honestly say after reviewing several hundred resume's a week for one of the roles, that if I see one more black and white basic resume with tiny fonts that make my eyes die, I'm going to scream. Human's are crows, so a nicely presented resume with pop factor instinctly stands out.
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The one piece of advice I got from an outplacement company and why you see so many samey looking black and white resumes is due to the increasing prevalence of automated resume scanning systems. When using fancy formatting, some of the less advanced programs will skip keywords and your resume won't even make it to a person. This is especially true of specific information in headers and footers apparently, as some programs skip them.
The advice that I was given is that if you are using more than basic formatting is to place some of the keywords at the top of the resume in size 1 white font, so a computer will pick it up and make it through the dumb programs while having it invisible to the actual hiring manager who makes the decisions.
I can't say for certain on the effectiveness of this, but just giving what was told to me.