To achieve maximum impact, it needs to succeed at each level. Some writers, especially those who spend days preparing their documents, need outside observers to evaluate their resumes. This advice is common sense but many writers frequently fail on this point. Their presentations are poorly formatted, organized or written. Documents are scanned top to bottom, left to right.
Information appearing first is presumed to be more important and influences what follows.
Bold type, italics, capital letters, numbers and bullets stand out more than ordinary print. But without highlighting, nothing will seem important. Format your resume for human readers, not a computer scanner. Scanners are widely used with little known results for job seekers. Resumes, including their formatting and organization, are logic puzzles.