01. Curating and Formatting your Résumé

Introduction

So up to this point you should have a list of elements for your CV, and some form of a statement. For this part of class, you'll work on curating the content from the statement and your CV into a more curated résumé.

Being Weary of ATS-es

How to Create an ATS-Friendly résumé for Today's Job Market

An ATS or Applicant Tracking System is used to filter out ineligible applicants. This is before a human ever looks at your application.

The main things you want to keep in mind:

• include (in natural-sounding language) information and keywords from the job post in your résumé.
• use a standard font (i.e. installed on someone's system by default), Georgia, Verdana, Times New Roman, Calibri, Helvetica, Arial. Even if you don't an ATS may parse your résumé anyway.
• use standard headings (Experience, Education, etc.)

Still Design Some Graphics

All the above being said you still want to have a designed résumé. If you are going to an in-person interview, or if you want to link directly from your website, for example, it would still make sense to have something that reflects your values, aesthetic, and reminds (a human being) of you.

Homework

To be clear this is for the Statement & CV Project

• Find a job post for something you'd like to apply to (does not have to be current), use LinkedIn, Indeed, a specific job board for a field or discipline you are interested in, etc.
• Tailor your CV to their post, assuming they have an ATS
• Keep in mind your "future self" and how you imagined "pulling" yourself toward that imagined future.
• Create an additional designed version of the above résumé