When it comes to fonts I’d also add that the two you use must both be either serif or san serif fonts – and I prefer san serif online – I think its cleaner and easier to read online. So prefer calibri or arial over times new roman (which I think looks very old fashioned these days yet a surprising number of resumes come through in these fonts). And the idea is to make it as easy as possible for the short lister to short list you in – not out!

Lastly I think the length of the resume is important – and we should adhere to the ‘no more than five pages’ rule for mature job seekers who have a history. And new grads should not be frightened of a short well presented resume (2-3 pages) which demonstrates eg their potential eg leadership activities at school or uni as well. I have recently had a resume come though from someone who had only had one job so far and it ran to five pages – it was for a technical role, contained a lot of padding and I didn’t need to know she could cook onion rings in a take-away – would have preferred a short, relevant ,customised and well – presented document.

Thanks again – love reading your emails.