Navtej Kohli shares more tips: Résumé formatting requires special attention because computer scanner software programs must be able to distinguish between the capital letter “I” (as in Indian), the letter “l” (as in love), and the number “1″. This font clearly shows the difference. But look what happens with the same characters in Times Roman font: Indian, love, number 1. There can be many reasons that can cause the scanner or Optical Character Recognition software to confuse these and other similar characters. Résumés printed by inkjet printers, or facsimile machines, may lack the sharpness and clarity required for scanning, or the fonts used may be too close together, too small or too fancy for the scanner or OCR software to read the characters properly. Read some tips to help you format your résumé for computer scanning:
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Do not use condensed or expanded spacing between the letters.
- Use a font size of at least 11 points for Courier, and 12 points for Times Roman or Bookman.
- Use common fonts like Times Roman, Courier, and Bookman.
- Use left margin justification. Do not use both right and left justification because it stretches letter and word spacing.
- Do not use columnar formats.
- Do not use horizontal or vertical lines.
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