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I’m with you on this. I don’t reject candidates solely based on resume formatting but I do care for a visually appealing and consistent document. It reflects attention to detail and professionalism, which can be very important for certain roles, if not most roles.
I think it's worth noting careless errors but agree it's not worth outright dismissing for them. It goes on the mental score sheet.
Things like bullet points and consistent punctuation are copy editing issues and they should matter. But visual appeal would mean something else, and that's an important thing to get right. Clean formatting means the OCR devices can scan them properly, and they'll also look good to the human eye. A cluttered or complicated format can get a resume rejected at the outset.
In this day and age when so many resumes are electronic, I give a pass to formatting issues, etc. Most applicants are designing their resumes for AI to review, not for humans.
It actually depends on where your resume is coming from. Some resumes don't format properly from one site to the next unless they are a PDF attachment. But since 1000 people are applying to 1 job in this day and age, presentation is key to standing out. Your resume is your first impression.
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totally agree that it's the first impression and there should be a decent effort on how it looks.
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I think it depends on the role. If it requires attention to detail and the resume formatting is a mess, it might raise some red flags for me.