Proximity- The proximity that I did in my design was grouping related content together. For example, in my "Education" and "Employment" section I put spaces in between each job and school I went to to show the information underneath the title related. I also drew a line between each section to help divide them and make the resume easier to read.
Repetition- Keeping everything consistent in a resume is very important. For my resume, I kept the same font, Century Gothic, throughout the whole document. I felt this font was easy to read. Looking at this font, I would say it is in the san serif family since it has the same thickness all the way through and there are no serifs on the ends of the letters. I strayed away from the regular helvetica and arial since those are so common and boring. I also used the same line to divide the sections. It is just a one point solid thickness. I did not want to get too crazy with a distracting dotted line or something of that matter. I like boring sometimes.
Contrast- This was a major part for my resume. I used a combination of bold, italics, and caps to highlight different parts of my resume. For my headers, I bolded and used all caps to show their importance. Looking at my document, you can easily see what each section is about because of the boldness. I also left aligned them all the way to the left so they would not get jumbled with the rest of my content. On the right side where all of my content is, I used a combination of bold and italics to emphasize the different content. All of the bold parts are the name of the job, school, or activity I was involved in. Making them bold shows their importance, but not more than the headers where were in upper caps. Second, the italicized parts are my title or degree that I got from those schools. These are important parts too, but they don’t out-shine the actual place or activity that I was a member of. Last, the regular text is explaining what I did at my job, skills, or relevant courses. Explaining myself is an important part of my resume, but these parts need to be easy to read and I would like for them to read the other parts first so they can see the relevance.
Alignment- This is something I find the most problems with in people’s resumes. I think this is very important because at first glance this is the first thing that employers will notice. Alignment issues will definitely show up on paper, which is usually what you turn in to an employer at an interview. For my resume, I kept all of my content lined up at 2 1/3”. I played around with that size to see what would be a good distance from my longer headings, but still give me enough room to talk about my accomplishments. I also made sure that my lines were flush against the outside border. This makes the document seem full and well put together.
You have good notes on proximity, repetition, and contrast. You could use some spacing changes to your resume in order to make it stronger. Think about principles of chunking content. Right now, for instance, when you read Adobe Photoshop CS5, the next line seems too close. Notice how References are available upon request does not appear to be left justified the same way as the previous line. Need more space between each heading section. You have some irregularity too with place locations; notice you have a space before Houston, TX, but you don't have one with one of the Lubbock, TX referents. Avoid using a period if you aren't writing in complete sentences. If you put a period after Dr. don't you need one after other abbreviations? Need to use more contrast with local address, phone, and other heading information. Lines are too close to text, generally.
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