How to Write a Resume on a Mac

When applying to most jobs, a simple resume that focuses on content as opposed to fancy design is preferable. Robin Ryan, a career coach and the author of “Winning Resumes” explains, “Many employers told us that designer paper, borders and graphics were a negative influence.” Ryan continues by explaining that “plain, easy-to read formats on white or cream paper” are the preferred style for employers across the board. When writing a resume on a Mac computer, you have the option of using a number of word processing programs.

Instructions

1. Use Pages, Apple’s word processing application, to write your resume. Pages includes 17 professionally designed resume templates. After you select a resume template from the template gallery, you replace the placeholder text with your own.

2. Create a resume an your Mac with Microsoft Word for Mac. A part of the Microsoft Office for Mac suite of productivity applications, Microsoft Word contains a number of resume templates. You can also access more templates at the Microsoft Office Online (see Resources).

3. Write a resume on a Mac with NeoOffice Writer, one of the applications in the free, open-source NeoOffice suite. NeoOffice does not include resume templates, however, you can download premade resume templates from the OpenOffice.org Templates site (see Resources).

References

• Winning Resumes, 2nd Edition; Robin Ryan; 2002
• Apple: iWork - Pages
• Microsoft: Word for Mac
• NeoOffice: Home

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish
• Microsoft Office Online: Resume Templates Collection
• OpenOffice.org: Templates