| There are a number of steps that you will need | | | | the rest of the resume. |
| to take if you want to perform effective resume | | | | Borders: You can include borders with your |
| writing. The first thing that you will need to | | | | resume if you so desire. There is one thing that |
| consider is how your resume is going to look. This | | | | you need to remember. You will want to use a |
| doesn't have anything to do with the content, but | | | | plain border. By using one of these you will make |
| rather with aesthetics. In other words, do you | | | | your resume appear to be well rounded and |
| believe that you can make your potential | | | | complete. If you are going to do this however, it |
| employer look at your resume more than once? | | | | would of course be best to make sure that you |
| Font: Choosing a font can be difficult in effective | | | | have most of your information on one page. You |
| resume writing. The most important thing here is | | | | don't want to have a category that runs over |
| to choose a font that not only looks good, but is | | | | onto a second page, so try to wrap your resume |
| actually readable. There are a number of fonts | | | | up as nicely as possible if you can. Note that you |
| that are not readable, and you should avoid them | | | | can include your references on the second page if |
| at all costs. In other words, look at your resume | | | | you so desire, which means there would be a |
| and say "Would I consider this guy for a job?" If | | | | total of three pages. |
| you cannot read what the resume says, then the | | | | Cover Letter: Having a cover letter is important |
| answer is probably no. | | | | because it will show who you are, why you want |
| Colors: The biggest question in effective resume | | | | to work for the company, and what you plan to |
| writing is whether or not you should use different | | | | bring to the company if hired. This is information |
| colors. There are times when this will be a | | | | that will prove useful and may actually land you |
| hindrance, and then there are the times when it | | | | the job you are seeking. With that in mind, the |
| will be perfect. For instance if you want to create | | | | cover letter is most likely the first thing that you |
| a bulleted list and draw attention to it, changing | | | | should work on. |
| the color to something a bit darker or lighter | | | | Are you ready to write the resume of your |
| would be a great idea. Keep in mind though that | | | | dreams? Effective resume writing can be difficult, |
| you really don't want to get too extreme on the | | | | but it can be done. So start writing, and get ready |
| colors because you will draw attention away from | | | | to land that job, because you've earned it. |