The blog will help readers to understand the pros & cons of both types of the resume patterns i.e. one-column resume, or two-column resume.

But before that, let me take you to the 'Resume-Checklist', which must be paid-attention, in order to draft a resume for any technical or engineering role.

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Resume-Checklist

Here's a checklist that is dedicated to all the developers, engineers and tech-enthusiasts, who need guidance for drafting a resume.

• Include more action words: instead of writing "I was responsible for managing the company's abc", you can better write:- "Managed the company's abc".

• Use ATS-friendly resume templates for your resume / CV.

• Don't use colorful themes /designs unless you're applying for a non-tech or related job-role.

• Add more numbers to your resume: this can literally boost your resume score upto 50%. You can quantify the impact by adding figures and numbers to it.

• Always prepare your resume / CV in the pdf format.

• Insert suitable links*to showcase the proof-of-work. Also,*click and check them, in case there exists any typing error, or wrong link replacement.

• Check the ATS-score of your resume: Use tools & websites like resumeworded.com, and enhancv.comto check your resume score, and what improvements do you need in it.

• Avoid AI-content, and do not fake / exaggerate over anything.

So, now that you've gone through the important points to cover up for your resume, let's explore about which type of resume you must be focusing on.

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Pros & Cons of 2-column resume

What's good about 2-column resume?

These are some set of points to help you decide the benefits of using a 2-column resume.

1. Easy to land eyes on: You somehow already know which part of the resume has relevant information. For instance, high priority content will always be on the first column (left-side).

2. A good option for space management: If used properly, 2-column resumes can help you to adjust more content on the same page, as compared to the paragraph-resumes.

3. Accommodates more content: two-column resume got an appreciable space dynamics, so more content could suitably be managed within it.

4. It's a modern form of resume: It's talkative, creative, and easier to prepare in itself. Some people find it compact, and flexible to work and maintain for themselves.

5. 2-colum resume is better to use for freelancing, or job/internship profiles that might not actually use an Application Tracking System (ATS).

Cons:

1. Formatting issues: You might end up messing with formatting in a 2-column resume, which might affect your ATS score.

2. Not the best one for ATS: The most common reason why people avoid the 2-colum type resume is that it's not favorite to the Application Tracking System (ATS).

3. Can't manage too much info: It'll be a mess if too much information is adjusted in one of the sections/columns alone.

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Pros & Cons of Paragraph-resume

What's good about Paragraph resume?

1. Rhythms well with ATS: This is considered as an ATS-friendly resume type, compared to the other one. That means the chances to get selected is higher when scanned by the automated system.

2. Easy for the Formatting: Unlike to other one, one-column resume is easy to manage with the formatting, 'cause it's simply written line-by-line.

3. Good success rate: Conventional, but the paragraph-resumes are known to get a higher selection-rate by the automated systems and HRs, comparatively. The reason might be, because it appears to be more professional.

4. Simple to Customize: Paragraph resumes are easily to customize as per whether you want the experience section before or the project section, for example. And all you got to deal is simply one-column arrangements.

Cons:

1. Isn't creative: In case of spacing, bullet points, and lines, etc. the single column-resume is often less effective to rely.

2. Couldn't be structured well: Compared to the 2-column resume, this one is less structured because of the similar headings, and spacing, etc.

3. Lesser space available to draft the resume in paragraph type.

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Concluding with the comparison, you also must not forget to polish the way you write & draft your resume in both the cases✍️

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