What Your Resume Should Look Like in 2020

Are you clueless about what your resume should look like in 2020?

Should you add a headshot or links to your social media profiles?

What about colors? Or callouts and charts about your industry experience?

As you can see, it takes a lot to design an effective resume that stands out in today’s ultracompetitive job market.

So if you’re still writing your chronological resume and cover letter in Microsoft Word like you did a million years ago, you’re not taking advantage of all that a modern resume format has to offer.

But that ends here.

Today’s guide will help you convey your career accomplishments in an eye-catching resume that hiring managers and potential employers won’t be able to ignore.

Before I share my five best tips for the design, layout, and visual content of a functional resume, I want to explain an important point.

Why You Should Care About How Your Executive Resume Looks

Before I get into what your resume should look like in 2020, I want to first address a question I often hear from executives I work with. They usually say, “I have over 30 years of work experience; why does it matter how my resume looks?”