Unless you’re savvy with creating and editing tables, this may be hard for you to do. To be consistent you would need to create a new row and/or cell in the layout table. Using Enter to create a new line in the same cell/row will not look the same. You think “just add a new line and type information.” But if your resume uses tables, the layout is not the same as the rest of that section. Let’s you want to add an item to your Work Experience.Nevertheless, the Career Center still recommends against using tables and text boxes in your resume, for the following reasons:ġ) They can “get in the way” when you want to revise your resume or change the layout. They can be useful for creating a header or a “left column” section. One advantage of text boxes is the freedom to move them around to different locations in the document. Text boxes can also work well for creating a “block” or a section.
Cells and rows and columns work well to create “sections” for different kinds of information. Tables are very useful for laying out a document in certain ways. Why do people like to use tables and text boxes? They look great because they give structure to the resume template. Why you should avoid using tables and text boxes in your resume Some websites that say “just enter your information and we will build your resume for you” use tables and/or text boxes to lay out the structure of the resume (assuming that you downloaded your resume from the website in Word format).ģ) You put the table or text box in yourself. These formatting structures are usually invisible unless you specifically look for them.Ģ) You used a website to build your resume. Some resume templates, in Microsoft Word and other sources, use tables and text boxes to lay out the structure of the resume.
There are 3 reasons why your resume might contain tables/text boxes:ġ) You are using a resume template that includes them. We see this happen when a resume is formatted with tables or text boxes. The formatting and spacing get thrown off, and we are not able to fix it. He/she tries to add or delete a line or section, or tries to change some of the formatting, but it does not seem to work right. Common Scene in the Career Center: A patron is trying to revise or update a resume.
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