RESUME VS LINKEDIN 88 Responses

Last post: 1 year, 7 months ago | Thread started: Oct 5, 11, 2:28 p.m.

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• joelski

  I feel like i am taking crazy pills...Every time i go for a interview with a external recruiter...they want me to fill out all my information...which ordinarily be fine with....then they ask me after they have seen my linkedin profile and Krop resume my portfolio....do i have a proper resume...I am like...everything you need to know about me is on 3 platforms...why do you isn't clear..? Being senior creative myself, when i have hired people in their past 3 previous empoyers, I look at their folio, linkedin, and if i like what I see i have a phone call conversion...then then next step is meeting them... is designing a flash resume with pretty flowers on it really still relevant...

  Oct 5, 11, 2:28 p.m. – Permalink

• joelski

  oh did i mention i also have a be hance profile

  

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  Dog-earOct 5, 11, 2:28 p.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  Just make a printed version, I guess.

  • btw, we should grab a beer again– monospaced1/2

    still in NYC?– monospaced2/2

  

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  Dog-earOct 5, 11, 2:34 p.m. – Permalink

• identity

  1st world problem?

  • the 1st of the 1st world.– akrok

  

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  Dog-earOct 5, 11, 2:38 p.m. – Permalink

• Continuity

  Call me old-fashioned, but I still lead with the good old bog-standard CV and website portfolio, 15 years on in the business. I reckon the LinkedIn profile, B3hance profile and all of that are secondary to more traditional forms of credentials.

  • +1
    – MSTRPLN

  

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  Dog-earOct 5, 11, 2:39 p.m. – Permalink

• bainbridge

  A printed resume says you can actually design and know what good paper is.

  • Like Bainbridge illustration board, for instance?– Continuity1/4

    and that you can kill trees doing it– jon_d2/4

    or that you know how to do the shit will out killing trees. boooh-yah!– akrok3/4

    oh you win. but how do you do that?– jon_d4/4

  

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  Dog-earOct 6, 11, 11:46 a.m. – Permalink

• fyoucher1

  Agree with Continuity. Although I think having a LinkedIn profile with actual recommendations is a must-have. You can't really make that shit up yourself -- makes you more credible.

  Have a website for your portfolio, and a LinkedIn Profile with rec's, along with a link to your PDF resume within your LinkedIn Profile. You may also want to have a simple text-based version of your resume for those large corporate companies who use those resume scanner thingamajigs.

  

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  Dog-earOct 6, 11, 11:56 a.m. – Permalink

• jon_d

  seriously.. I feel your pain, Joelski.

  It's very redundant.

  

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  Dog-earOct 6, 11, 11:57 a.m. – Permalink

• Christa

  Get LinkedIn. It says "I know the world is bigger than print, I can engage an audience outside of who I may be most comfortable with, I have recommendations published here for all to see so they are not bullshit, I live in the real business world" ---weather that is true or not is irrelevant. For instance, for some it may signal that you are "tech and social media savvy"... Don't underestimate how over-valued LinkedIn is.

  

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  Dog-earOct 6, 11, 12:20 p.m. – Permalink