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The sad truth is that today, resumes are read by machines. Machines don't care about aesthetics. In fact, machines can be confused by the characters you insert to achieve aesthetic effect. If human...
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2020-01-03T20:41:52Z (over 4 years ago)
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2019-12-08T06:00:39Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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System
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2019-12-08T06:00:39Z (over 4 years ago)
The sad truth is that today, resumes are read by machines. Machines don't care about aesthetics. In fact, machines can be confused by the characters you insert to achieve aesthetic effect. If humans do read your resume, chances are that the submission system will have mangled the text so that your attempt at aesthetics will simply make the resume hard to read. I would advise you to make your resume as plain and straightforward as you can to maximize the chances that the machine will read it correctly. Have a separate formatted copy handy for times when you know that it will actually be read by a human, not a machine.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2017-01-28T14:33:20Z (about 7 years ago)
Original score: 2