Professional Resume Design Layouts to Avoid in 2020

by | Feb 20, 2020

Resumes with fancy designs like the examples below cannot be scanned by applicant tracking software ATS that scans, ranks, and converts your resume and LinkedIn profile into the employer’s internal database. To help your resume be scanned and parsed accurately by ATS software, a professional resume should have a minimalist format such as round bullets, bold text, and section lines. The design should NOT contain headers, footers, multi-column tables, column sections, images, clickable website links, or unique characters. The features may be acceptable for a candidate applying for a job as a creative designer, but for other professionals, they are a deterrent to obtaining an interview. You can also display your creative portfolio in a separate link or after you get called for an interview.

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Modern resumes do not have street addresses, only the city area to avoid geographic discrimination. They do not contain references, volunteering, or hobby sections unless they are highly relevant to the job search goal. The layout Klaxos created is recommended by the Professional Association of Resume Writers, the Society for Human Resource Management (scroll to bottom), and is detailed on our resume writing service webpage. The science behind this resume design will increase your visibility with scanning software, and it is what human job recruiters and search algorithms are expecting to see.

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