heh… that’s a pretty niche nitpick dude. Sadly the tyranny of the default means that for most intents and purposes, what should be referred to as ‘typefaces’ are now almost universally known as ‘fonts’.
My 2c as a self-appointed typography wonk and someone who does graphics for teh moneys: Fuck these idiots. Obviously your CV (or resumé for you dirty, French-loving Americans) is a representation of you - but as with anything it’s a matter of ‘you can’t judge a book by its cover’. If an HR person decides to not read someone’s CV because it’s submitted in Times then they aren’t a professional HR person.
That being said, think about your audience. If you are a designer then you sure as hell should be able to make a CV that doesn’t look like butt. If you aren’t a designer then don’t worry: it literally doesn’t matter if you use helvetica or arial since 99% of people cannot differentiate between the two.
So… Which of the above is Arial and which is Helvetica?
My helpful tips would be: go to www.fontsquirrel.com and choose a free commercial use font you like (all of them on that site are legit free for commercial use). Another option is to copy the professionals. This site gives examples of typefaces used in popular publications:
http://fontsinuse.com/in/1/industries/24/fashion-apparel
My final tip would be to just get your hands on a good CV layout online. There are a ton of them out there and most of them have already been thoughtfully laid-out with attractive colour schemes and appropriate design. You can buy them online at various places or you can find them on gfx exchange websites for illegal download. Since no one but an HR department is going to see your CV go nuts and steal fonts/layouts to your heart’s content.
If it wasn’t obvious yet that you shouldn’t take CV tips from bloomberg, this should’ve made that clear:
Firstly: being original is generally good, so plus points there (though they confuse the reader by suggesting it, then ambiguously mocking their own suggestion with the ‘maybe’ bit)
Secondly: Choosing a glyph from a set that anyone can easily use as your personal logo is about as far from original as you can get.
