Writing an eye grabbing resume is easy when you follow a few good tips. The following is a list of things you want to do when writing a reader friendly resume:

DO:

• Make your resume easy and inviting to read, with lots of white space.
• Use 1-inch margins on sides and at least 1-inch on top and bottom.
• Use traditional, serif-type fonts (e.g., Times New Roman), not sans serif (e.g., Arial). Studies have shown that the little extra strokes and tails on the letters actually improve readability.
• Use the same font throughout the resume - don't mix fonts.
• Use a type size of 11- or 12-point, nothing smaller.
• Left-justify everything, to make transfer into the database easier.
• Use a "Chronological" resume - where all relevant experience and accomplishments obtained at each job are easily associated with that job, in descending order from most recent.
• State months and years of beginning and ending employment dates.
• State all education received, even if a degree was not completed - but don't make it look like you have a degree if you don't.
• Put all contact information on both the resume and the cover letter, including home, office, voice-mail, cellular, and pager numbers as well as private e-mail address.
• Fill up the entire page, separating ideas horizontally (not in vertical columns), with as much appropriate experience and as many keywords as possible.
• Put a short statement describing a company under the name if what they do is not evident.