Scannable Resume Design - 范文无忧网

[Resumes for the Digital Age]When youre applying for a job, you work hard to make sure your resume will mand the attention of the first person who reads it. But its increasingly likely that...+阅读

Part One: The Basics

Place a call to your forite store or bank, and youre usually dealing with voicemail and automated menus, rather than a real person. The same is now true when you send your resume to the HR department of major corporations (and even some smaller panies). Because many candidates apply for one opening, software is used to weed out those who dont match the job criteria.OCR Technology

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) was developed in the 70s by Ray Kurzweil. Although Mr. Kurzweils intent was to develop a machine to help the visually impaired read printed materials, OCR technology has since bee indispensable in modern business.With OCR, its a puter, not a human being, which will be scanning your resume for appropriate content. Since machines are not impressed by font styles and other formatting enhancements, content is all-important, as is the presentation of your document in a scanner-friendly manner.Name

Its wise to put your name on each page of your scannable resume. Why? If one of the pages gets separated, it will be nearly impossible to know where it might belong. Its best to oid this situation by putting your name at the top of each page, along with a page number.

Contact Information

In addition to your street address, include an e-mail address. Choose an address thats businesslike in tone, rather that one reflecting a special interest or a nickname. For example, the following are inappropriate:sethewhales#.

pinballchamp#.

overthehillgal#.

Always be professional and oid using work e-mail addresses. Hiring managers are rarely interested in interviewing someone who is using their current employers time to look for another job.Its wise to include a cell-phone number along with your home number, especially if thats your easiest point of contact. However, be certain of the quality of your phone and service before offering it. Nothing is more frustrating to a hiring manager than to conduct a conversation through static and breaks in conversation.In modern resumes, fax numbers are rarely provided. Also, never include current work numbers.Scanner-Friendly Fonts

Since scanning equipment may differ from pany to pany, its best to err on the conservative side when choosing fonts. Avoid all designer fonts and stick with classics like Arial or Times New Roman. Other good choices are Garamond, Bookman, Courier New, and Century Schoolbook.Unlike resumes being read by a human audience, scannable resumes must be easy to read by puter software. Stick to basics and oid formatting headaches. Your best choice is to:Be certain all type is flush left.

Separate sections with white spaces, rather than dashes, dots, or tildes.

Not use tables or graphics.

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