It&#x27;s not a new point, it was the first thing I said. Beyond the basics (correctness, accuracy, ease-of-use) what people want in a resume is a fad. What people like in music is just as much a fad.<p>You can&#x27;t read a person&#x27;s mind, but you can change it. That&#x27;s what your resume is for. You don&#x27;t have to read any minds, you have to get others to read yours.<p>&gt;It seems like you want companies to appreciate you only if they hire someone in HR who also appreciates your style of writing resumes.<p>If a company hires HR people who think &quot;simple and professional&quot; is not good enough for a resume, then they almost certainly won&#x27;t appreciate me. Simple and professional is what I&#x27;m offering. I&#x27;m not going to jump through flaming hoops and read resume acceptance statistics to get noticed. I&#x27;m going to solve <i>actual</i> problems.