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Don't Forget Good Resume Design

Standing out from the crowd is the theme for the "Great Recession." Outside renting a billboard or standing on street corners, which have yielded lukewarm results, the resume remains your ticket to an interview and hopefully a job thereafter.

So how do you turn a bulleted lists of accomplishments into a standout resume? Good, creative design can give you an edge in a sea of plain, Jane resumes. A professional resume writer can help you with content, which is a must, but forgoing good design, can land your resume with the hundreds of others, despite your Manager of the Year award for 10 straight years.

Design is the time to tap your inner child, get away from the computer and put crayon to paper. Check out how these job seekers used design to stand out. You'll be so inspired you may find yourself digging through your closet for that old Crayola box.