1. Resume Advice Ascend UX 2019
10 tips for good resumes
1. Keep it short. 1 page is ideal.
2. Put themost relevant information first: contact info andexperience.
Don’t lead with education unless you are a recent graduate.
3. Don’t overdesign it. Keep it professional with a clean layout – nothing
flashy. Refrain from using color in type, grayscale is best.
4. Include theskills and tools used when describing yourjob
accomplishments. Don’t rankyour skills.
5. Avoid visualizations like bar graphs or other graphical elements.
6. Don’t include your photo.
7. Focus on the valueyou created; not the tasks you wereassigned.
8. List all jobs in chronological order starting with themost recent.
9. Career-relevant freelance projects andpro-bono work is OK for
juniorcandidates.
10.Keep yourLinkedIn page andresume in sync.