The Magnetic Resume Secret

Breathing Room

I love design.
Architectural, interior, exterior. Doesn’t matter…great design makes my eyes sweat.

So when I read Christy’s piece The Power of Negative Space, I felt it in that anxious corner of me that wants the page to be flawless.

Designers know: space around the object makes the object stand out on its own. It shines. The blank stretch of floor makes the sculpture feel important. It’s the quiet around the piece that tells you to stop. Look.

Same thing on a resume.

White space is not wasted space.

It’s magnetic.

It draws in the eye and focuses attention.
And what sits in or near that white space shines.
Your name. Your headline. Your achievements.

Want to make those achievements stand out?

Create islands of content.

Give them space to stand alone.

Drop in a section :

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. Key Achievements

• Increased revenue $122M or 134% YoY by using three-pronged global expansion

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Ah…that’s better.

I can see it. I can skim it into memory. And more importantly, so can they.

Let your resume breathe.

Let your wins stand out and be seen.

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