Resume Ideas
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as far as your prospective employer is concerned, your design skills will be evident in your previous employment history.
chances are they will be going through 50 resumes. do you really think they are going to pick you over a guy who has a plain resume, but has more experience, just because yours was prettier?
first make sure it's easy to read and the most important things are highlighted in the beginning.
Remember that nobody cares which primary school or high school you went to, or to what level you studied in high school, or what medal you got for swimming the 100m in the 4th grade. Only put tertiary qualifications.
Keep your contact details simple. Name, phone number and email address. No need for a home address. Nobody is coming over for dinner.
Put your work most recent work qualifications first. Structure it by, year, title, company, breif description of duties. dont waffle and dont lie. it all comes out in the end.
Then you can put some filler like, software or development skills.
Some employers like to see hobbies and interests, most dont give a shit.
References. "Will provide on demand". A lot of times they will just call your previous employer and speak to somebody they know there, without tell you.
now your resume serves its purpose.
how do you make it stand out?
I put comments or "call outs" next to interesting employment history items. these are usually in a conversational tone and it helps to differentiate me from other applicants, because i now stand out as a person, not a piece of paper.
just remember, designing a resume is like any other design task. the function is to display your qualifications. the visual aesthetic should interfere with this. even if your magazine is shit hot.