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Designing a Resume in InDesign

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Find out how to create and design your resume in InDesign. Topics include design principles, optimizing for applicant tracking systems, color considerations, exporting, and more.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Introduction to designing a resume
1. Basic Resume Guidelines
  • Basic tips for creating a resume
  • C.R.A.P. for resume design
  • Optimizing your resume for applicant tracking systems
  • Using AI to help with resume writing
2. Creating Your Resume in InDesign
  • Setting up your Indesign document
  • Adding text to your InDesign document
  • Organizing resume content in InDesign
  • Formatting text boxes in your InDesign document
  • Creating and editing character styles in InDesign
  • Typeface tips for your resume
  • Choosing colors for your resume
  • Making a creative resume in InDesign
  • Adapting your resume quickly in InDesign
  • Challenge: Adapt your resume for an applicant tracking system
  • Solution: Adapt your resume for an applicant tracking system
3. Printing and Exporting Your Resume
  • Adding a hyperlink to a resume in InDesign
  • Exporting an InDesign document as a PDF for print
  • Packaging an InDesign document
4. Conclusion
  • Final thoughts on resume design

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