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Resume Layout is important to ensure that both people and machines can read your resume quickly.

Read or scan - quickly and easily

There is a lot of information to present about your skills and experience, and yet you want prospective employers to be able read or scan your resume - quickly and easily. This can be achieved through a simple layout using 3 columns.

Don’t lose your important information

You want the important information in your resume correctly and completely entered into the database. Correct scanning of your resume requires that you:

• Do not use the Header or Footer for your name and address information.
   
• Do not use fancy type faces or graphics.
   
• Do not insert logos for certifications such as CNE, MCSE, etc.
   
• Do not use text boxes.

Three (3) column layout

The three (3) column layout is used in the Body of your resume and is applied to each of the subsections to effectively and clearly display your experience.

Table borders are turned off before Your IT Resume is sent.

The 3-column layout would be applied, as follows, to each job in the Work Experience section:

The 3-column layout is applied in a similar fashion to Education; Travel; Community Service or any other section.

The sample two (2) page resume gives an excellent idea of how your resume would look.

Table of Contents

• 01. Easy Steps To Writing A Resume That Will Get You Interviews
• 02. Resume Writing: Present all the benefits you can provide to an employer
• 03. Resume Writing: 5 major employer hiring concerns
• 04. Resume Writing: The single purpose of an IT resume
• 05. Resume Writing: Use a universal document type
• 06. Resume Writing: Use a meaningful resume file name
• 07. Resume Writing: Length
• 08. Resume Writing: Content
• 09. Resume Writing: Content - Heading
• 10. Resume Writing: Content - Body
• 11. Resume Writing: Content - Layout
• 12. Resume Writing: Take action!

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