I have been on the sending and receiving end of resumes for many many years, and still each time I go to send out a resume I pause at the printer trying to figure out what kind of paper to use.
I have lovely dusty moss-green paper that I adore and find entirely professional... but will the person who opens the envelope agree with my taste?
I also have an ivory parchment style paper that is nice, but it is just another resume paper.
Then there's always standard white paper, because who really cares anyway?
Depending on the position/company, I might select any of these papers any given day.
When I hire, I really don't care much what the paper is like as long as it has a nice weight. I enjoy a quality linen texture - it impresses me, but I know this is just a detail. As long as there are not pictures of Loony Tunes dancing around the border (seen it) - actually, preferably no graphics at all, please - I have never really cared much about resume paper from others' applications. But when it's my own application, this stops me dead in my tracks.
So, dear SMNet friends, what kind of paper do you use? Can I use the green paper I love so much or are you going to tell me to stick with the standard linen resume stuff?