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.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Check out my blog at https://pianorayk.wordpress.com/