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
résumé--to stand out, the easiest way to accomplish that is to make them flush
right (Sample 1) or to
place them in the left-hand column of the résumé. 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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