If your resume is too long, you should consider trimming the content. Keep in mind that your resume is not meant to be a comprehensive, detailed history of your career, but a summary of your experience, qualifications and skills. Paper Size Use standard 8 x 11 paper. Paper Color White and ivory are the only paper colors considered acceptable for resumes and cover letters. Executive and top-level positions may require more expensive stationery paper with a heavier weight or special grain.
Printing Find the best quality offset printing process available.
Do not make your copies on an office photocopier. Copies of copies quickly become illegible. Although typesetting is considered by some to be the best resume preparation process, it is the most expensive and least flexible. A typeset resume needs to be reset with every change. The most flexible way to type your resume is on a computer or word processor.