5 Tips to make your CV in English stand out from the rest

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In this blog we have often stressed the need to write a good CV in English to stand out and get the job . However, if you want to give it a little extra originality, follow these tips.




To start, we are going to use the English words design and layout , because they establish an interesting distinction between design (artistic, visual, graphic design, etc.) and layout (the way in which information is organized). We have already spoken to you on other occasions about everything that a resume should and should not contain and how to organize thailand phone number list according to your experience; this would be the layout . Therefore, we do not want to go into too much detail on this, we will only give you one piece of advice on the matter:

Tip #1 – Keep it simple and easy to read
The recruiter will only spend a few seconds scanning your resume, so you don't want to make it difficult for them. You want to make sure they can quickly find the information they're interested in. That doesn't mean you shouldn't explain things, but you should make it easy.

That being said, let’s move on to the design . If you search online for information on original CVs, you will find a lot of super cute, colorful, original designs that are probably not very practical for you. Unless you are actually a graphic designer or looking for work as an advertising creative, that type of CV probably won’t help you, so even if we like them, we will have to focus on more conventional designs.

And now you may be wondering, how can you be original and stand out with a conventional design? Well, although it may seem contradictory, it is possible to be creative within these parameters.

Tip #2 – Play with fonts, but not too much
There is no study to prove it, but we can assure you that of the hundreds of fonts that exist, 99% of candidates will use “Times New Roman” or “Arial”, so using something different will draw a lot of attention to your CV.

Take this advice with a grain of salt, it's not about using twenty different fonts or using the most baroque ones. “Calibri”, “Helvetica”, “Garamond” or “Georgia” are good examples of the type of font you should use. Keep in mind that for printed CVs it is preferable to use fonts with serifs and for reading on screen, without serifs . For those who don't know, serifs have nothing to do with the Wild West, they are the “little tails” that letters have in some typefaces and that serve to make reading easier on paper, but not so much on screen.