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Build The Perfect Resume For QA Jobs Step By Step

The Test Lead
4 min readJul 22, 2022

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Your resume is the first impression a potential employer will ever have of you. If you are having problems getting callbacks for jobs that you applied to, your resume could be the problem. Let’s go over your resume, fix it up, then create a plan for applying for jobs.No matter what job your resume is for, it should follow some type of structure. We will give you what we feel is the best structure here.

Formatting

We want to make sure your resume looks professional. Here are some key formatting standards that you should be trying to follow

  • Use bullet points for listings of several different pieces of information. This helps the readability when compared to a large paragraph
  • Select a simple easy to read font like Arial
  • Make name and section header size 14 font. All other fonts should be either all 10 or all 12-point size
  • Margins should be 1 inch

Contact Info

This is by far the most important part of the resume. You can have the best resume in the world, but if you don’t have any way for an employer to contact you, it will be useless. The contact info should be the first thing that appears on your resume. It should include your name, phone number, and PROFESSIONAL email…

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The Test Lead
The Test Lead

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