Believe it or not, the font you use in your resumes have an impact on how your recruiters take you. So the more readable and professional looking your font is, the more chances of it getting a second look.
All it takes for recruiters is to look at your resume and see if you know if you are using the right kinds of fonts. If it doesn't look professional, your resume will be on its way to the trash bin.
Remember that your resume is your passport. It contains your skills, your experience, important information about yourself, and more. You would want recruiters to read it correctly.
"The most important thing is that your font is scannable, easy to read," says Amanda Augustine, career advice expert for TopResume. "Because so many recruiters are reading resumes on-the-go, you'd also be smart to chose a font that's easy to read on a mobile device, which means a sans serif font like Arial, Tahoma or Calibri."
Here are some of the fonts that you can use to let recruiters take your resumes seriously.
1. Calibri
The Calibri font is now the default font used in Microsoft Word. It is also the default font used in several e-mail programs. This is a safe font to be used, including in resumes. It does not painful to the eyes as well.
2. Times New Roman
"For legal, operations and corporate jobs, this formal serif font is still readable electronically and goes with the brick-and-mortar feel of those industries," says Augustine.
3. Arial
Arial is a classic font that comes in black, narrow, and normal style. This classic sans serif font "is a great choice for creative people or those in a marketing field," according to Augustine.
4. Verdana
An alternative for Arial is the Verdana font. It is easy in the eyes. It also gives a touh of modernity. Plus, it has wider spacing, so readers don't have a hard time figuring out the words.
5. Cambria
Cambria is a font that is already familiar to recruiters. So it is also sae to use this font when encoding your resumes.
There are still other fonts that are dependable when it comes to encoding and making resumes. The bottomline is to use formal and readable fonts that are easy to read and understand, especially by recruiters.
