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In my experience looking at résumés (mostly for entry-level tech roles), fancy formatting is 100% an attempt to cover for a lack of skill. I haven’t seen one th
by j33zusjuice 4y ago
In my experience looking at résumés (mostly for entry-level tech roles), fancy formatting is 100% an attempt to cover for a lack of skill. I haven’t seen one that had good content. Intuitively, this makes sense to me, and seems to fit with the old adage, “if you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.” Imo, your experience should speak for itself.
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- robertlagrant 4y agoI would do your best to fully ignore anything like this. It's bound to be incorrect sometimes.
- j33zusjuice 4y agoOh, for sure, I read all of them top to bottom when I’m part of the hiring team. I just haven’t actually seen one that was fancy that had good content. The layout doesn’t matter to me, as long as it’s consistently formatted.
- 2ICofafireteam 4y ago>Imo, your experience should speak for itself. What's wrong with saying, "May I draw your attention to my experience? They have something to say."
- Ultimatt 4y agoThen there are the people who dazzle you with both their brilliance and the shiny stuff. They get the job over just the brilliant person...
- conductr 4y ago> your experience should speak for itself. When it does, you have trouble fitting it all on 1-2 page. You quickly go to text only, and organize things accordingly. When you lack experience, you try to make things look like an infographic so as to fill space with trivial information.