How to build an effective resume?—Well, that's simple! Make your resume have good and well-structured layout. Your resume can be one of the major factor of you getting that job.
A key feature in good resume is the way its text is formatted. Make use of professional looking fonts like Seriff or even Sans Seriff—your font size should only be between 11-12; this makes each section of your resume easy to read without much clutter. Use bold and italics to guide the eyes of your potential employer to the key parts of your resume. This serves as hook for your resume that will reel in the eyes of your reader to the more detailed information of the cover letter.