Did the best resume you've seen contain color?
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Anonymous
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Describe what made it the best resume you ever saw or most memorable.
In the marketing field seeking to field a new position and recently added a rather eye catching color to my own. |
Anonymous
| No. Unless you are a graphic designeer or in an artistic field, color is sophmoric and unprofeaaional. If you needcolor to make your resume noteworthy then the content isn't good enough. For me, things like color, fancy fonts, stationary, etc serve to say that you are distrac5ing me from the fact that you aren't fully qualified for my position. It's the content I want, not the gift-wrapping. |
Anonymous
| No. The only color it should be printed in is black. Unless you're in the arts. |
Anonymous
| Maybe it's because I work in finance/accounting, but I have never seen a resume that wasn't black ink. Agree with PPs that color or fomatting that is too "creative" actually distracts from the substance. A resume should be easy to read, otherwise no fancy fonts and the like. |
Anonymous
| Are you a clown? |
Anonymous
| No color. No weird fonts. |
Anonymous
| Stick to the basics-standard white paper (8 1/2 X11), Times New Roman, Black, Font between 10-12 pt |
Anonymous
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I'm a creative director and my resume is truly a work of art. In the past it has had a bold logo, presently it has a unique layout with subdued colors (which print black with no issue).
Unless you're with an agency, it's likely you are a marketing manager for a company which is part of a specific industry. You may want to look for resume templates that are suitable for your industry, instead of something that screams you're in marketing. Take a look at these: https://www.etsy.com/listing/521108227/resume-template-instant-download-cv https://www.etsy.com/listing/497704100/modern-resume-template-for-word-and https://www.etsy.com/listing/522094089/resume-template-professional-resume |
Anonymous
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colors and weird formatting throws off Applicant Tracking Systems which many places use. Which means your fancy resume will get discarded before it gets to a human.
Just have two. One plain Jane in a blah font like Arial (not Helvetica!) with no formatting. If you want a pretty one, you can do that too - do Color OR font choice. And please don't include a headshot...I've seen marketers get a little too creative. |
Anonymous
Yeah, also in accounting and color and resume creativity is frowned upon. Black ink and just the facts in an easy to digest format are ideal. I hate long resumes and resumes that contain huge blocks of text. I know you said marketing, but so try to look at the companies you are targeting to see how conservative they are. |
Anonymous
| honestly, I look askance at people who do their resume in Garamond. Color would send my eyebrows into my hairline and the resume in the circular. |
Anonymous
| I hired someone who had the headings of her resume in green (I think). It looked very produced and worked with her format, which was sophisticated. It was a creative job, FWIW. |
Anonymous
Not for a marketing job. |
Anonymous
Wow, these are really eye catching. My resume could use a makeover but I'm a nurse and I wonder if these would be too "cute" in the healthcare industry. Any recruiters out there have any thoughts? |
Anonymous
| I'm tempted to reformat mine in hot pink just for kicks. YOLO |