August 03, 2005

Your Resume: Address and Contact Info

Your resume should start with your name and contact information. Don't get too fancy with the layout here. Centered or Aligned left or right is fine. Try to keep it to 5 lines maximum (4 is best) with your name in bold on the first line. The second and third line would be your address information. The 4th line is your email address (you must have one these days) and two phone numbers (Home and Cell/Mobile or Home and Message). Don't provide a 'work' number here.

Font size can be one or two points above the size you use for the body of your resume. The whole point is to make it easy to read by a scanner for companies (like Disney) that OCR each resume. Choice of font ‘Arial’ is fine. You can go down to size 10 or 11 with Arial and still be readable. The sans serif look stands out from the serif fonts that recruiters receive all day every day.
John Smith
123 Main Street U.S.A.
Disneyland, CA 92803
E: JSmith@gmail.com
Ph: 310.555.1212 Cell: 213.555.1212

or

John Smith
123 Main Street U.S.A., Disneyland, CA 92803
E: JSmith@gmail.com -- Ph: 310.555.1212 - Cell: 213.555.1212


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