Is Century font ok for resumes?

CFA General
#1

I just sent over a resume to a friend who said she couldn’t read it. it came out mumbo jumbo. The font is called Century. It works on my comp and my work comp.

#2

LOL, why would you want to submit a resume with a font that someone can’t read?

#3

what’s a good font then? i have to re-format everything! i thought this century font was standard. i’m reading a resume book and it says that finance resumes should use a font like century…

#4

Don’t know, I was making a wiseguy comment…taking a break from reading the 47 recommendations of the Counterparty Risk Management Policy Group II.

#5

Just play it safe and use Roman or Arial. If you already have a couple of job offers then try using Wingdings and see what happens…

#6

Go with wingdings, LOL. No, seriously go with Arial, New Time Roman, or if you have to be different, go with Verdana.

#7

I really liked the look of Arial Narrow I saw on somebody’s resume once. Also, you should consider doing your resumes in PDF to avoid these types of problems.

#8

^^+1. PDF is the way to go. If you don’t have acrobat or Word 2007, OpenOffice will produce PDFs directly.

#9

dont be silly, use a true type font or go pdf like suggested

#10

Verdana looks good, I find it more easily readable than arial or roman.

#11

Garamond…only way to go.

#12

pdf is the way to go unless sending to a headhunter because they will always ask you to resend in word format (to remove your name etc.)

#13

I used to use garamond. I guess I’ll go back. And yes, I do have a pdf, but as others have mentioned headhunters want word docs.

#14

I’d def do the standard times new roman. the risk/return for getting fancy does not work out

#15

Roman or Arial Narrow.

#16

I thot those fancy fonts are to be avoided. Garamond looks like an advertisement of a local lawyer

#17

i’m gonna find a standard font this weekend and re-format everything. i’ll try a couple like times new roman and arial narrow.

#18

Silian Braille

#19

“I thot those fancy fonts are to be avoided. Garamond looks like an advertisement of a local lawyer” get the hel! outta here…my father’s a local lawyer…he would never use Garamond.

#20

I read an article a while back that said Georgia font was the easiest to read.