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Honestly, this hurts my eyes. I'm not a designer, but one very smart designer friend once advised: "never underestimate the value of white space." Resumes real

by xarien 12y ago

Honestly, this hurts my eyes. I'm not a designer, but one very smart designer friend once advised: "never underestimate the value of white space." Resumes really don't have to be confined to one page. The one page convention was really only applicable when you're using it in print as opposed to digitally. For templates that look great, I'd strongly advise looking at some inDesign templates that cost between $5-$10.

delluminatus 12y ago
I can only assume that this is meant to be printed, hence the single-page layout.
massysett 12y ago
Print vs. digital makes no difference. When we interview people in the office, the first thing people will do is print the stack of resumes and take them to the conference room. People aren't going to spend long poring over every detail. One page imposes some discipline. This one has about as much as I would put onto one page. Sometimes two pages might be OK, but longer is not better.
- alkonaut 12y ago
  In this case I find the single page much too busy, and I'm likely to miss important information simply because it is drowned in detail. I'm happy reading a couple of pages of a select few resumes. Which ones? The ones with a good first page. The first page should be all I need to begin with. If using several pages, it shouldn't be half the info on the first page, other half on the second. Just put the important bits first and keep the details on subsequent pages. Anything that is too much detail goes on the second. For example, you could outline previous work experiences on the first page, while going into detail on the second. You could specify programming languages you master on the first, while listing specific experiences/frameworks/systems built on the second. Basically, just the headlines from this resume should go on the first page, while the lists of info beneath each headline could go on anotherpage. That lets it be scanned in seconds, lets it look good with good use of whitespace. Obviously when applying for a job, the resume should be tweaked for the specific job. A very relevant experience from a previous job can be lifted to the first page and so on.
bennyg 12y ago
Whitespace should be your best friend. There's way too much info on that template. Undergraduate/Graduate coursework? That's not necessary at all. You listed that you received a Masters in Computer Eng. and a BS in Computer Science. No more info is needed there. If you have a Masters degree, listing your high school on the resume is a waste of space. I may be alone here, but I think actually listing skills/languages on a resume is overkill but I know that some automatic filters work based off of keywords and I'm sure programming languages work their way into that too.
w1ntermute 12y ago
> one very smart designer friend once advised: "never underestimate the value of white space." The Japanese have understood this for centuries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_(negative_space) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_(negative_space)

by xarien 12y ago

delluminatus 12y ago

I can only assume that this is meant to be printed, hence the single-page layout.

massysett 12y ago

Print vs. digital makes no difference. When we interview people in the office, the first thing people will do is print the stack of resumes and take them to the conference room. People aren't going to spend long poring over every detail. One page imposes some discipline. This one has about as much as I would put onto one page. Sometimes two pages might be OK, but longer is not better.

alkonaut 12y ago
In this case I find the single page much too busy, and I'm likely to miss important information simply because it is drowned in detail. I'm happy reading a couple of pages of a select few resumes. Which ones? The ones with a good first page. The first page should be all I need to begin with. If using several pages, it shouldn't be half the info on the first page, other half on the second. Just put the important bits first and keep the details on subsequent pages. Anything that is too much detail goes on the second. For example, you could outline previous work experiences on the first page, while going into detail on the second. You could specify programming languages you master on the first, while listing specific experiences/frameworks/systems built on the second. Basically, just the headlines from this resume should go on the first page, while the lists of info beneath each headline could go on anotherpage. That lets it be scanned in seconds, lets it look good with good use of whitespace. Obviously when applying for a job, the resume should be tweaked for the specific job. A very relevant experience from a previous job can be lifted to the first page and so on.

bennyg 12y ago

Whitespace should be your best friend. There's way too much info on that template. Undergraduate/Graduate coursework? That's not necessary at all. You listed that you received a Masters in Computer Eng. and a BS in Computer Science. No more info is needed there. If you have a Masters degree, listing your high school on the resume is a waste of space. I may be alone here, but I think actually listing skills/languages on a resume is overkill but I know that some automatic filters work based off of keywords and I'm sure programming languages work their way into that too.

w1ntermute 12y ago

> one very smart designer friend once advised: "never underestimate the value of white space." The Japanese have understood this for centuries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_(negative_space) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_(negative_space)