CNBC
In today’s competitive job market — where hiring managers can spend as little as seven seconds looking at a resume — jobseekers may be tempted to add a little creative flair to their applications to help them stand out from the pack. But according to Jo Cresswell, community expert at Glassdoor, appropriate limits of creativity are dependent on the industry you’re hoping to join. Cresswell says that hiring managers in corporations or more traditional industries, such as finance or law, were unlikely to be won over with colorful or visual resumes.