A résumé expert reveals what a perfect résumé looks like

There are plenty of ways to make a mistake when drafting a résumé. Take advice from Amanda Augustine, career-advice expert for TopResume, in order to ensure that you're representing yourself in a way that will impress recruiters.

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How you format and layout the content of
your resume is just as important as the

actual content, because it has to be easy
for someone to quickly scan over

and pick out the most important
pieces of information.

Always think that the top third of your
resume is a snapshot.

It should be everything they really need to

know about you in terms of what type of

job are you targeting and why are you

qualified for that type of job. It should

sum up what they really need to know

about you and give you teasers for the

rest of the resume so they actually want

to read the rest they want to know I'd

go out on a limb and say objectives a

dirty word and resume writing you don't

want that on your resume why because

it's the most vague thing in the entire

world it doesn't tell the recruiter

really anything about you and it's all

about what you want not necessarily what

you can provide to the employer so

instead of having one of those awful

run-of-the-mill objective statements

replace it with a professional summary

that's your elevator pitch

what are you great at and passionate

about and why are you qualified to

pursue that type of role that's what you

want to capture there underneath that

you have a core competencies or areas of

expertise section it's a quick summary

so they understand exactly who are they

dealing with and what's their realm of

knowledge to figure out are you a good

fit or not when you're looking at your

work experience on your resume and

you're trying to break it down I usually

recommend a format where you have a

small paragraph that describes your role

and responsibilities at the end of the

day what were you hired to do and then

underneath that you use bullets and the

bullet points are a great technique to

draw the eye to your bragging points

always think bullet points equal

bragging points and when you're talking

about those bullets you want to use

action verbs if you are fresh out of

school if you are entry-level you get

one page of real estate you haven't done

enough to warrant a second page you

don't get that much real estate if

you're five or more years out of the out

of college you've had a job or two you

have enough material you're allowed to

go to a second page your header should

be larger and normally anywhere from 13

or

14 all the way up to 16 depending on

what you're emphasizing but your main

body is tends to be a 10 to 12 font size

I recommend going as low as half an inch

all the way around but definitely don't

go any lower than that you um you run

into issues with printing at that point

and frankly if you need to go smaller

than that you're trying to cram too much

information in you need to reevaluate

what you're putting in there in the

first place