Geographic Location
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With my international clients, the fact that they
have worked, studied, lived, or traveled abroad strengthens their credentials for international jobs.
Therefore, placing the geographic location of their work experience or schooling in a prominent
location can be to their advantage.
Other times, it is only part of the overall
design of the information. However, making it prominent does give it more importance, whether that was
the intention or not.
When you really want the geographic locations of
your past experience--or anything else on your resume--to stand out, the easiest way to accomplish that
is to make them flush right (Sample) or to place them in the left-hand column of the resume. Another alternative is to tab to a fixed
place on the page for each location, as in
this example.
All of the samples in this section will cause
problems with a scanner, since they create multiple columns or place text in usual places, which
confuses the OCR software. To avoid this, tuck the place names up against the text and use bold or
italics to make them stand out instead.
From Designing the
Perfect Resume, by Pat Criscito.
Copyright 2000. Reprinted by arrangement with Barron's Educational Series, Inc.
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