Resume Question
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- yurimon
Obviously its been long time since changing jobs
I have a 2 page resume over 10 years experience: is it ok or not ok?
I am designing my resume: How far should i go with my design?
- jaylarson0
2 page is ok
- ok_not_ok0
Not OK
1 page will do then link to your online portfolio.
- omg0
How about fitting it on a legal sized one-page resume?
- yurimon0
Just as a fyi I am applying to big agency also. would it matter? show all my experience.
oy my head hoytz.
- yurimon0
Any one on here a person that hires? or hired?
- most of the resumes I look at are 1 page plus cover letter.bulletfactory
- bigbaby530
Lets see it!
- eegrek0
I've hired and I can say that a cover letter and 1 page resume is enough. Your skills/experience/education on your resume with portfolio link. Then bring your portfolio to the interview.
- goldieboy0
"How far should i go with my design?"
Add a little bit of personality (choice of fonts and a little splash of colour perhaps?) but keep it clean, simple and majority of it b/w.
There's a CV/Resume thread on QBN somewhere... have a search.
- foz0
'resumé' or 'résumé,' but not 'resume'. just sayin.
- résumédasmeteor
- why is it so fucking hard to type an accent mark on a PC and it's so simple on a Mac?monospaced
- posted from iPad. Even if I was at my computer I still wouldn't... I'm lazy :Dgoldieboy
- ORAZAL0
I keep reading the title as resume question.
- yurimon2
I am a graphic designer/web design. I am applying by email. I am designing the resume in indesign. I heard word is better for companies that scan emails and data process. but in this case should be ok. I can post it once i see how its pans out with my job quest.
- definately send as a pdf. you could do an interactive pdf and make your titles/projects clickable...duhsign
- k_temp0
I think it's ok as long as each job description isn't a paragraph long.
Keep it simple.
- GeorgesII0
keep it simple, 1 page will do,
detail the 5 last year of work, while give a smaller compressed space to the work done in the past 5 years before that,at the bottom of your CV
add this in smaller type,"(recycle logo in light gray) Please protect nature, visit my online portfolio"
clients love this kinda bullshit,believe me I've seen my share of funny C.V's, a simple phrase can make a whole diffence.
- yurimon0
Thanks for the advice. Another Question would be. Is it ok to have a portfolio posted on Krp or Behnce? will it be looked down on, opposed to your own site.
- fyoucher10
IMO 2 pages is cool as long as it has relevance to what you do and isn't loaded with words. Keep it simple. Don't have a one-pager and fill it up entirely with words. 2 pages is cool if there's a decent amount of white space and it's easy on the eyes.
I wouldn't add any fluffer to any of it. So, if you were a designer, don't add copy that simply says 'I designed shit' unless it has more meaning or is more obvious than what the position does. Describe achievements but don't go overboard. Awards are cool but I don't think anyone really cares.
There's a lot of folks that say more than one page is bad. I don't think that's necessarily true. Point is, just make it easy to read and easy to extract info from. If you're in the design industry, your work is what's eventually going to get you hired. The resume is really for HR so they can quickly determine the best candidates to pass onto the creative manager who will likely just quickly scan your resume to get a bit of info about you and then look at your work.
If you're a web designer, it's definitely best to have your own site on your own domain (it can be c a r g o or whatever) with your own email address using your own domain. If your not a web designer, b ehance, krop, etc is cool to use for a site and gmail is prolly fine for an email.
Have a designed resume. Create a scannable one just in case (but those are prolly the kinds of companies you dont want to work for. And most importantly, have a LinkedIn profile and connect with the folks where you want to get hire. Get real testaments of your work and how working with you is like.
- doesnotexist0
i use one 11x17, got hired.
- nikdaum0
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