How important is "resume paper"

[Triumph]

Big career fair tomorrow. Don't feel like going to Kinko's. I say, paper is paper, as long as it isn't all ugly and yellow, an employer won't care.

Whattya think?

 

[swai]

paper is paper, as long as it is clean and not wrinkled

 

[mithrandir2001]

I wouldn't use standard 20# bond. Use something thick (28#)...it doesn't have to be colored or made from cotton.

 

[huanaku]

It IS important. You want the employer to remember you. However, keep it to a conservative color (off-white, ivory, light gray, light tan, etc).

 

[Triumph]

well if all the other people are using resume paper, i don't think me having it too would make me stand out.

 

[jeffrey]

If you don't feel like it for this carrer fair, then definately get it between this one and the next one. If you go "plain paper" to this one, at least try and print your resume out on the brightest white paper you have. Regular 84 brightness is already yellow. Changing to just 90 brightness will help the apprearance.

 

[RossMAN]

I agree with jeffrey, visit your local Kinko's, Office Depot or Office Max and get bright white paper.

What's most important about your resume is to make sure that it neatly fits one entire page and it's in a font which can easily be scanned with OCR software.

I guess you can't get any more standard than Times New Roman size 12?

 

[Unclemo]

important. just needs to feel thick and erotic.

 

[yoda291]

Look at it this way, everyone else will be using thick cotton resume paper for their resumes. Then you walk up and hand him standard stock paper outta the ol' inkjet. There's a good chance he'll subconsciously feel you just didn't want to put the effort into applying for the job and, resultantly, wouldn't do your "derndest"(you wouldn't believe how many interviews I've had with people who use this word) if you actually got the job. There's no point in risking a black mark against you before he even reads your name. Ask one of your friends for a few sheets. It really doesn't cost all that much really. Heck, if you send me the stamps and big honkin envelop, I'll send you a few sheets of it if you want.

BTW - I find it helps to carry a few printed copies of my resume just in case...

 

[FrysInsider]

Fancy shmancy resume paper is actually a detriment these days.

It's more important to carefully choose your words to fit on ONE sheet of paper.

I've seen may people get hired by simply turning in resumes on regular paper.

Furthermore, many employer simply want you to fax them your resume. In that case
paper type does not matter

 

[yoda291]

true and a good point..I email my resume a lot nowadays...but I would think that having a well-written resume was a given regardless of your paper. Handing a sheet of paper with just your name isn't gonna get you a job regardless of the paper you use. Heck, I've been real tempted to register a domain, host an html copy of resume as the index and just hand out business cards. It costs about the same as for a pack of 32lb paper, but you can kinda "fudge" the 1 page limitation on html and squeeze a few more lines. Plus it's kind of an overt way of implying professionalism...the only thing that keeps me from doing this is that I think it looks pretentious.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

<< important. just needs to feel thick and erotic. >>

i believe you mean exotic sir...

 

[ultimatebob]

Funny, I just used regular paper on my interviews, or just posted my resumes online. I wouldn't waste good resume paper, costing almost $1 a sheet, on a career fair. You'll hopefully be handing out tons of them, and it will cost you a fortune. Just make sure that your resume is filled with buzzwords, has no typos, and that your print heads didn't clogged during printing. I once had throw out half of my resume copies due to smudges for that reason, and almost ran out of copies during one on-site interview.

 

[MF1]

<< important. just needs to feel thick and erotic. >>




What are you talking about? ; )

 

[BruinGuy]

Actually it is important to use only white paper, and only standard fonts (times, ariel, courier) becasue many resumes these days are merely scanned into a computer. And the nicer they scan, the easier they are to read for the people going though the resumes.

 

[kertmit2004]

Hey, I just got hired using, regular paper. If its good enough for me, its good enough for you.

 

[Triumph]

well, i used regular paper. and i don't care. job fair went well. but do YOU want to work for someone who puts more importance on the type of paper than what's actually printed on it?