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The simpler the better. Prioritize readability over visual coolness. (Unless you're in a design field.)
Even if you are in a design field. If you can't make it both cool and readable, you aren't that good.
Here is my resume: https://standardresume.co/rileyt It's built using Standard Resume [1], a tool that I built with two designers to answer exactly this question. I would love any feedback on the resume style, as we are contemplating adding a few alternate styles to choose from. [1] https://standardresume.co/
This is a great tool! I noted, though, that the Linkedin import didn't seem to work flawlessly – after uploading, I was redirected to the resume list and I have no clue of what actually happened. Would you like more feedback?
would love any other feedback you have. did you end up completing a resume?
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I'd say you can lose the GPA now :)
What's the rule of thumb on that? One job post-graduation? I'm not entirely sure what to fill that space with to balance the line if I remove it haha. Maybe I could expand BS out to Bachelor of Science? Still probably wouldn't look balanced though...
I have used and recommended this LaTeX template [1]. Template that I have also seen being used by many professional software engineers both applying and currently working at some of the big corporations like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon. It is clean, easy to read, easy to parse by most ATS (Application Tracking System) [2]. [1] https://github.com/sb2nov/resume [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applicant_tracking_…
Disclosure: I'm the Co-Founder of Resumonk.