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# The Magnetic Resume Secret
- URL: https://unhired.blog/the-magnetic-resume-secret/
- Published: 2025-06-03T12:24:57.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-29T01:41:35.000Z
- Description: Breathing Room
- Author: Ken Persel
- Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1780018866479, #Import 2026-05-29 01:41

I love design.  
Architectural, interior, exterior. Doesn’t matter…great design makes my eyes sweat.

So when I read [Christy](https://substack.com/@dsignbychristy?ref=unhired.blog)’s piece [***The Power of Negative Space***](https://dsignbychristy.substack.com/p/the-power-of-negative-space), I felt it in that anxious corner of me that wants the page to be flawless.

Designers know: space *around* the object makes the object stand out on its own. It ***shines***. The blank stretch of floor makes the sculpture feel important. It’s the quiet around the piece that tells you to stop. Look.

Same thing on a resume.

White space is not wasted space.

**It’s magnetic.**

It draws in the eye and focuses attention.  
And what sits in or near that white space ***shines***.  
Your name. Your headline. Your achievements.

Want to make those achievements stand out?

Create *islands of content*.

Give them space to stand alone.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1f/a6/1fa65058-a783-4c61-8d37-2bbf1f221c7f/content/images/2026/05/ec60d47c-f799-4df1-abe1-20deffba0296_1024x1024.png)

Drop in a section :

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**. Key Achievements**

> Increased revenue $122M or 134% YoY by using three-pronged global expansion

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Ah…that’s better.

I can ***see*** it. I can skim it into memory. And more importantly, so can they.

Let your resume breathe.

Let your wins stand out and be seen.

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