So there are a lot of ways to format your resume, I showed you my way that I usually use throughout this course. But of course, I want you to have the freedom to deviate from that and format as you wish. So I'm just going to give you 10 quick formatting tips to keep in mind as you're formatting your resume. First page count, keep it to one or two pages, unless you're an executive of some kind. Next Page rollover. So this just means as you complete the first page, try to wrap up whatever section you're on if you can, so that the second page starts with a nice new section or new job description.

And if you have to roll over, just put a little subheading at the top of the second page that says, blah, blah, blah. brackets continued just so we know what those hanging bullet points are related to. For font, just keep it to a simple font Calibri Times New Roman Tahoma all great fonts for resumes. I also personally like to use tray blue shade for my headings just because it's a bit more fun font size. I say put your name in 26 your headings and job titles in 11 and a half or 12, and then the body text in 10 or 11. Avoid short lines of text.

I guess what I mean by this is say you're writing your bullet points and you get onto a second or a third line and you have maybe 123 words kind of hanging there. Try to edit it back just so the line ends towards the end of the right margin just to make it look a little cleaner if you can. For color, stick to black and white. And if you do feel the urge to add color I sometimes do I like to add maybe a navy blue or something dark or even a teal for the name and the section headings but aside from that, keep it simple. To use whitespace where you can in your resume, so make sure you've got nice spaces between each of the jobs you're describing between each of the sections, just so the resume doesn't look too crowded. Speaking of which, four margins, I recommend if you can use the standard size margin that Microsoft Word provides.

And if you if you do need to alter the margins just to fit in a bit more information, that's an option for you as well. The use of bold text is really up to you. I try to keep it to just the the job titles that I've had to draw the eye to those and also to the credentials that I have in my education. You can also choose to highlight the companies that you have worked for the schools you went to the only real guideline for bolding is whatever you choose to do do that consistently. And finally, Say formatting for last worry about all the writing that you need to do first. And then once you have all the information, it's a lot easier to to tweak it and edit it if you need to, for to make it fit in with the formatting that you are going for.

So those are my 10 formatting tips. Good luck with formatting. Let's move on.