Don’t get too fancy with that resume
In this electronic age it’s a pretty safe bet that when you snail mail or drop off a copy of your resume at a career fair that it’s going to be scanned into that company’s computer system. Make sure your resume is in a scanner-friendly format. What this means is go easy on the fancy fonts, the borders, highlighting and shading. Use a font like Times New Roman, Arial or another standard font. Make your resume as professional looking as possible without going over the top. Unless you’re going to interview for some sort of graphic design position, it will be the content of your resume that will get you the interview. It goes without saying that your resume should be free of spelling and grammatical errors. Make sure it is also scanner friendly.