Rick Baron ⋅ Sarasota , FL Coca-Cola ⋅ 16 years experience

Clarity and professionalism really is the priority. Times New Roman, Arial, and Calibri are all fine. The question to ask is how the font presents you as a candidate? Sometimes the job goal or framing your qualifications is what should drive your decision. You may want to see how each font works with your resume paper and the overall structure. Good luck! Rick

Fred Gesin ⋅ Canyon Country , CA U.S. Army, Lieutenant Colonel ⋅ 20 years served

Just remember that the context of the resume is much more important than the font!!

Kelley Graham ⋅ Wichita , KS Derby Public Schools ⋅ 19 years experience

I really prefer a font with serifs, especially when reading a lot of resumes. They lead the eyes.

Gregg Thompson ⋅ Louisville , KY UPS ⋅ 32 years experience

Hi Andrew, Times New Roman 11pt is a common font and you cannot go wrong. But if it’s a professional font it’s going to be fine. Focus on keeping your resume professional, precise, concise, and believable. Save the rest for the Interview. Gregg

Craig Bush ⋅ Boston , MA IBM ⋅ 11 years experience

Times New Roman... no less than 10 point font. However, I use between 14, 11, and 10 on my resume to present hierarchy.

Actually, the real rule of thumb is "1 page of resume for every 10 years of experience." So, given white space considerations, you can play a little with font size... which is entirely appropriate.

Loretta Carter ⋅ Sugar Land , TX HCA ⋅ 9 years experience

Hi Andrew, I have been in education for several years and for everything the font is Times New Roman. I am pursuing my doctorate and we use the APA (American Psychological Association) format. According to the writing lab, "You should use a clear font that is highly readable. APA recommends using 12 pt. Times New Roman font". A field that requires a certain level of education would probably be very familiar with this. Thank you, Loretta.

ALAN KARLIN ⋅ Valley Stream , NY ⋅ 30 years experience

I AGREE COMPLETELY WITH WHAT HOWARD WROTE

Howard Spiegel ⋅ Houston , TX HR ON CALL ⋅ 20 years experience

Thank you for your service.

Comments above are all good. Font size is also important. Stay at 11 or 12. Also make sure that you have one inch margins all around.

Then after you think it is finalized, email it to yourself and print it out to see if what comes out is the same as what you saw on the screen.

Regards,

Howard

Tim Keefe ⋅ Washington , DC U.S. Army, Specialist ⋅ 6 years served

I remember from some years back people talking about whether a font was

Readable to human eyes, or
Readable to scanners

You can't go wrong with Times New Roman, but any serif font should work fairly well. They say that it's easier on human eyes.

But, for scanning software (which is more the norm these days), then choose something that can be scanned and read by the software very easily. Arial has usually been my choice in this realm. Ditto for pasting a text resume into a window.

Sarah Amen ⋅ Tampa , FL Ultimate Medical Academy ⋅ 4 years experience

"Times New Roman is the font for everything"

I agree, perhaps not the font of choice for aesthetics but for compatibility and view.........

Times New Roman is the font for everything.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!