As a Designer I can point out some tips. Someone here mention that the resume must be print friendly. That advice is gold. Try to print it and see how it looks.
Don't be afraid of black and white. Black text is your friend. Just use different font sizes and Styles (Bold, italics ...) to create an information hierarchy to help the reader. This is related to the use of grey. Grey tones look pretty, but it's a common trend (and a common mistake) in new designers that goes against Accessibility. And this is important: grey tones have very low contrast in a white screen (paper), so they are very hard to read. Like I said they look pretty and it's like everyone agrees that i's okey using these kind of tones over light backgrounds, but trust me: It's a mistake.
Also, the first block of information, with your name, contact and photo is enormous. Try to reduce it. It will give you more white space. Also try to fit it within the paragraph margin.
Finally, You did a great job! Designing Resumes is harder than people think, that's why templates exists. So don't worry and try to keep it simple!
Thanks for the feedback. I think the first block is too big in contrast the rest of the rest of the doc/font size (looking at it all a day later). Some great points on accessibility. Thinking about printing with the grey makes my head spin just thinking about it!
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As a Designer I can point out some tips. Someone here mention that the resume must be print friendly. That advice is gold. Try to print it and see how it looks.
Don't be afraid of black and white. Black text is your friend. Just use different font sizes and Styles (Bold, italics ...) to create an information hierarchy to help the reader. This is related to the use of grey. Grey tones look pretty, but it's a common trend (and a common mistake) in new designers that goes against Accessibility. And this is important: grey tones have very low contrast in a white screen (paper), so they are very hard to read. Like I said they look pretty and it's like everyone agrees that i's okey using these kind of tones over light backgrounds, but trust me: It's a mistake.
Also, the first block of information, with your name, contact and photo is enormous. Try to reduce it. It will give you more white space. Also try to fit it within the paragraph margin.
Finally, You did a great job! Designing Resumes is harder than people think, that's why templates exists. So don't worry and try to keep it simple!
Thanks for the feedback. I think the first block is too big in contrast the rest of the rest of the doc/font size (looking at it all a day later). Some great points on accessibility. Thinking about printing with the grey makes my head spin just thinking about it!