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• #HOW TO RIGHT ALIGN DATES ON RESUME WORD 2016 FOR MAC HOW TO#

I know a lot of that comes from bad advice, and I hope that’s the primary reason. Many resumes list years only, not months. You should always list the months you worked-not just years. Instead, Bob chose to hide it, and it cost him a shot at a good job. Perfectly explainable to a prospective employer. It was just one of those circumstances that didn’t work out. The sad thing is-and I checked this-his tenure at XYZ wasn’t bad. He just “forgot” to mention it on his resume. I did some digging, and, sure enough, Bob was at XYZ for about six months. Bob’s resume didn’t show employment at XYZ Company. I did some checking on Linked-in to see who else I knew that might have worked with this person, and I saw a recommendation from a person who said “worked with Bob at XYZ Company.” I was puzzled. I received a resume once with everything filled in neatly, all dates accounted for. Besides being just not right, when you lie about dates, it’s too easy to get caught.

I’ve seen people leave out jobs, leave off dates, fudge dates, and outright lie about dates. Lying has no place in the resume, and resumes are where the lies usually rear their ugly heads, especially about dates. Trust me that goes a long way toward getting you the interview.) (Remember-along with the red flag, you also earn bonus points for being honest. It will earn you a red flag, but just one, and you can explain the gap to the gatekeeper when you get the interview. Many people would cover up the gap by listing years only. This person left ABC in 9/2001 and didn’t start at XYZ until 12/2001. Let’s talk about gaps in the work history. I have seen people do resumes with the dates on the left margin-and it looks good-but it devours valuable space. The dates for each position should be offset and unobtrusive. You want the dates for the companies to stand out and to be aligned.

See how clean this looks, and how easy it is for the gatekeeper to glance at the resume and see the progression? Also note that this resume uses numbers for months, and that the dates following each position are in regular font, not bold. I prefer the dates of each position to be offset from the dates at each company, like this: If you don’t align the dates properly, they can be confusing.

#HOW TO RIGHT ALIGN DATES ON RESUME WORD 2016 FOR MAC HOW TO#

Many of the problems I see with resumes stems from people not knowing what to do and how to list them. Click the OK button to remove the border.We’re going to talk about the dates on your resume.Select None to remove any border on the page.When you have finished making the desired changes to the border, click the OK button to apply the changes.You can also change the style, color, and width of the order, and add or change art used in the border. You can change the type of border in the Settings section, choosing from Box, Shadow, 3-D, or Custom. Make the desired changes to the border that is currently set for the document or page.In the Borders and Shading window (shown below), if not already selected, click the Page Border tab.In the Page Background group, click the Page Borders option.In Word 20, click the Design tab instead. Once you've selected all the border options you want to use in your document, click the OK button to apply the border.Clicking the down arrow on Apply to gives you the option to select the first page only, selected page, all pages but the first page, and other options. By default, the borders are applied to the whole document, which means every page has the same border.