Logos on resume and cover letter - yes or no?

rytmx70

Hello All,

The time has come - I'll start looking for another job asap. Now it's a must, since I move to another city (from Montreal to Ottawa). As I promised, I'll keep you informed about my progress in finding another job.

Considering that I've obtained many certs in the last year, most of them backed up by some related work experience, I am wondering if it's appropriate to include the logos (A+, N+, MCSE:Security, etc.) on my resume and cover letter. I have heard some people saying it's good, others that it's not recommended.

What do you think about? The word documents surely look better with those logos onto, but are they going to improve my chances or not at all?

Thank you for your expressed opinions,
rytmx70
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Headhunter · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:05 pm

Need a full page for mine....

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kidvelvet · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:47 pm

Generally, I believe it to be a bad idea. I think it makes the CV/Resume look too "cartoonish" and detracts from the main points of your submission, which should be your relative experience. That, and some companies use a program to search for relative terms, so if they are searching for your cert, then it is getting missed with the logo.
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rytmx70 · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Fri Jun 03, 2005 4:26 pm

Thanks for your answers. I noticed that everybody chose the 'NO'. So, is there any use for those logos anyway? Smile

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irawk · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:12 am

I think having it on a covering letter isnt too bad, at the bottom left like a business letter for example. but not on your CV.
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rytmx70 · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Sat Jun 04, 2005 2:13 pm

irawksteve: thank you!

The point is that I also thought that by adding the logos to the CL, the employer will notice immediately that you have those certs, without having to scan through your entire CV (and of course - you're adding all certs in the CV as well, in case they use keywork searching).

I will send half of the applications with some certification logos on the CL and the other half without. I'll let you know about the reaction.

Thanks,
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mikey_b · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2005 1:14 pm

Sounds like a good experiment. I just drafted up a new resume which I am pretty happy with, it has a very small sized Microsoft Certified Professional logo in the upper right, opposite of my name and address. It's maybe .75"x1.25", but is still easy to read and looks sharp.

Maybe I will post a scan of it for people to see, I think it's sharp but it would be nice to get some opinions on it.
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NanoRuler · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:38 pm

Hmmmm...I once worked for a guy who'd take 1/2 of all job applications and bin them without even looking at them. He said that his way of rooting out people that are naturally unlucky!

What if in yer 1/2 with logos and 1/2 without you encounter people that do things like that? It'd skew the stats completely!
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aaronpk · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:50 pm

Hmmmm...I once worked for a guy who'd take 1/2 of all job applications and bin them without even looking at them. He said that his way of rooting out people that are naturally unlucky!

That is hillarious hehe. I was probably binned!

rytmx70 · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:53 pm

DB2012 · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:47 pm

I think for an entery level position you should put them on their if you don't have much to put on your resume.

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techprep · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 9:55 pm

Logos are good for advertising your services/expertise:

* somewhere
(newspaper, phone book/ Yellow Pages, ?craigslist? etc. )

* at a place of business (glass door or vehicle window)

* on a business card
(unless they take up all the space on the card,
leaving none for your other info, like say,
phone number and email)

I would think more important than logos on a resume, would be including access to your transcripts: I recently interviewed for a job, although wasn't given an offer, then later realized that I hadn't made my CompTIA transcripts accessible to the employer...won't have to wonder next time Smile

horndog · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:54 am

Don't put a logo on your resume or cover letter. Most employers use some sort of import into a database of resumes and a logo or any other image will create issues. Put the logo on a business card, website or other marketing materials.

You don't want HR to fill their pants with your imcompatible resume.
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