December 22, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Hi all,
Here I want to ask a question about font for resume. What font is more impressive? I always used Time New Roman, but recently saw another guy's resume which had Arial. What fonts are you using and why ?
Thanks
December 22, 2010 at 2:09 pm
These days the resume/CV is mostly being passed around as softcopy, so I use Arial as the lowest common denominator to preserve formatting.
December 22, 2010 at 3:29 pm
I should run this question past my wife, who has a graphic design background, and often drives me nuts with her explanations about fonts! (Of course, I can fire back with stuff about SQL and OOP! ;-))
Anyway . . . on my last resume, I used Garamond. I figured that everyone and their brother used Times New Roman. I thought Garamond looked more elegant.
But, that's just me.
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December 23, 2010 at 5:03 am
Anything apart from [font="Comic Sans MS"]Comic Sans![/font]
Unless you're applying for a job as a clown.
December 23, 2010 at 3:26 pm
Believe it or not, a company I used to work for used Comic Sans as their official document template font...
Sorry for the topic hijack 🙂
December 23, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Seriously, I'm with the Arial brigade. It's clear, crisp and universal. Don't use any background colours or anything else that may distract from what you're trying to say.
December 30, 2010 at 8:06 am
I also am in the Arial Brigade. It is simple to read without straining my tired old eyes.
IMHO - In addition to the font selection - also ensure that the font size is also readable. Resumes with the font to small go quickly into the disregard pile. If you want to highlight or bring out points - use bullets, bold, or italics instead of switching to another font.
Verdana is my font of choice, but for a resume - I would stick with Arial.
Joe
December 30, 2010 at 8:17 am
I've got a background in typesetting, and there are studies on serif vs sansserif fonts. Times variations are easier to read and look "more formal" per the studies, than Arial/Helvetica variations.
So, I have to vote for Wingdings .... 😀
But seriously, I use Times New Roman because of what I studied during my typesetting years. My resume is done up as a marketing piece, using scientific studies on marketing, and it got me six interviews in one week, and every one of those ended up with an offer. Based on that, I have to say the resume worked. Take that for what it's worth.
I definitely wouldn't attribute all of that to the font. It's a minor piece of the puzzle. But it is a piece of it.
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December 30, 2010 at 9:03 am
GSquared (12/30/2010)
I've got a background in typesetting, and there are studies on serif vs sansserif fonts. Times variations are easier to read and look "more formal" per the studies, than Arial/Helvetica variations.So, I have to vote for Wingdings .... 😀
But seriously, I use Times New Roman because of what I studied during my typesetting years. My resume is done up as a marketing piece, using scientific studies on marketing, and it got me six interviews in one week, and every one of those ended up with an offer. Based on that, I have to say the resume worked. Take that for what it's worth.
I definitely wouldn't attribute all of that to the font. It's a minor piece of the puzzle. But it is a piece of it.
So the question of the day is to Sans or Not To Sans. 😉
I have also read them studies back in the college days of years past but I will stick with my Arial as it is easier on MY eyes.
Joe
December 30, 2010 at 9:10 am
Personally I prefer times when I am reviewing resumes or when I am writing my own resume.
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December 30, 2010 at 10:24 am
I would vote for using Times (or a font with serifs) as the letters are more distinguished from each other in a serif font, thus making it easier to read.
While the use of Arial might be just fine for an email to your friend, packing every edge you can into an easily readable resume might be worth using Times New Roman. 🙂
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December 30, 2010 at 10:27 am
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GSquared (12/30/2010)
I've got a background in typesetting, and there are studies on serif vs sansserif fonts. Times variations are easier to read and look "more formal" per the studies, than Arial/Helvetica variations.So, I have to vote for Wingdings .... 😀
But seriously, I use Times New Roman because of what I studied during my typesetting years. My resume is done up as a marketing piece, using scientific studies on marketing, and it got me six interviews in one week, and every one of those ended up with an offer. Based on that, I have to say the resume worked. Take that for what it's worth.
I definitely wouldn't attribute all of that to the font. It's a minor piece of the puzzle. But it is a piece of it.
So the question of the day is to Sans or Not To Sans. 😉
I have also read them studies back in the college days of years past but I will stick with my Arial as it is easier on MY eyes.
Joe
Perfectly valid decision, assuming you're the one who has to decide whether or not to interview you. Gives a whole new level of meaning to "self employed". :w00t:
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December 30, 2010 at 10:37 am
GSquared (12/30/2010)
crookj (12/30/2010)
GSquared (12/30/2010)
I've got a background in typesetting, and there are studies on serif vs sansserif fonts. Times variations are easier to read and look "more formal" per the studies, than Arial/Helvetica variations.So, I have to vote for Wingdings .... 😀
But seriously, I use Times New Roman because of what I studied during my typesetting years. My resume is done up as a marketing piece, using scientific studies on marketing, and it got me six interviews in one week, and every one of those ended up with an offer. Based on that, I have to say the resume worked. Take that for what it's worth.
I definitely wouldn't attribute all of that to the font. It's a minor piece of the puzzle. But it is a piece of it.
So the question of the day is to Sans or Not To Sans. 😉
I have also read them studies back in the college days of years past but I will stick with my Arial as it is easier on MY eyes.
Joe
Perfectly valid decision, assuming you're the one who has to decide whether or not to interview you. Gives a whole new level of meaning to "self employed". :w00t:
Perfectly valid point! As I am not looking for work at this time, I do favor "WHAT I" like to see. If I was - I most likely would switch to what the most prefered is. I agree that the studies do show sansserif fonts as the better resume choice.
Joe
December 30, 2010 at 11:01 am
When you post a resume on a job site, I think that most employers just text search and skim over the online version. However, when we interview candidates, we do typically print out a hard copy before hand, so font does matter on some level, at least for those those people who make it as far as the interview process.
Some IT people like to pad their resumes with every technical acronym they're even remotely familiar with, reducing their point size to an 8 or lower so it ends up looking like a meta tag cloud or the ingredients on a package of Twinkies, so maybe Times or Verdana is easier to read in that case for smaller text.
I keep the MS Word version of my resume more consise than the online version. If someone goes to the trouble of printing out your resume or opening it up in Word, then your online add campaign was successful, and a simpler printed resume is more likely to be read by a busy manager and more likely stand out.
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January 3, 2011 at 8:31 am
Here's an intereestng site that talks about typography for lawyers, including readability and layout. Some of this surely applies to creating readable resumes and other documents we need to produce in the IT world. http://www.typographyforlawyers.com/
I ran across this while reading several law blogs, and found it interesting.
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