Format Your Resume for a Mobile Screen

Many recruiters review resumes on their phones, so a resume designed mainly for print can be hard to read on a screen. The page points to advice from executive resume writer Donna Svei on how to make a resume work on a tiny phone and suggests checking the resume on your own phone before sending it out.

Reading notes

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• Aim for two- or three-line blocks of text, and never go beyond four lines.
• Use six points of space between bullet points and a full space between resume sections and jobs.
• Avoid tiny fonts; the page recommends at least 11-point Calibri.
• Take inspiration from flat design when thinking about how the page looks on a phone.
• Review the resume on your phone before sending it out.