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- brooke
What kinds of things -specifically- do you think potential clients want to read about on your personal bio page? Do they need to know your age? Your experience? What kind of person you are?
What's really important?
- kpl0
penis size?
- Gorbie0
Your skills, goals, motivations /inspirations/interests.
I would refrain from telling your age or even including a picture. The worst case senario being that you are either young and/or unattractive. Those two discriminations are still alive and well.
- unknown0
LMAO :D
They just need to know if you're a motion graphics designer.
- TransFatty0
ugh ... biographies are always tough to write.
i mean ... they are easy to write -
in the sense that you can state the facts ... but that always sounds pretentious ....
- jevad0
I think....anything you can think off....work history - personal achievements...why you do what you do - what inspires you...people skills you may have...sounds terrible but your bio is there as asales tool really - you should be using it to sell your personality, skills, and experience to somone who may not know you at all!
- freshmode0
I agree. They love to hear that...
I think the main info as to why you are qualified to do the job. Also, I think it is good to note any special hobbies you think might be interesting or conversation starters. It's good, no matter how, to grab and hold there attention.
agree?
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- Seph0
Dont give too much away, the more they know about you, the more than can discriminate you.
Less is more. Just give them a few gems.
- Blofeldt0
A confident biography is a good selling point. I agree, if you've done some interesting things then that's good.
- taragee0
to put on your site? will more creative directors etc will see it or more the personel department see it? if ur doing it to the creative i think u can keep it short sweet little funny, but for suits u have to b more pretentious... like TF
- Bluejam0
My brother wrote this for his bio...(i think he even used it on his cv)...
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Since leaving school I have gained many skills such as scaling walls and crushing ice. I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic slurs for Kenyan refugees,
I write award-winning operas, and manage time efficiently. Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row. I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and I cook thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru. Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon Basin from a horde of ferocious army ants. I play bluegrass cello, I had trials with Manchester United, I am the subject of numerous documentaries.
When I'm bored, I build large suspension bridges in my garden. I enjoy urban hang gliding. I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie. Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy evening wear. I have appeared on Through the Keyhole and won the gold plaque. Last summer I toured Eastern Europe with a traveling
centrifugal-force demonstration. My deft floral arrangements have earned me fame in international botany circles. Children trust me. I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy. I have performed several covert operations for the CIA. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, I sleep in a chair. The laws of physics do not apply to me. On weekends, to let off steam, so I make extraordinary four course meals using only some vegetables and a Breville Toaster. Years ago I discovered the meaning of life but forgot to
write it down. I breed prizewinning clams. I have won bullfights in Madrid, cliff-diving competitions
in Sri Lanka, and chess competitions at the Kremlin. I have played Hamlet, I have performed open-heart surgery, and I have spoken with Elvis.But I have now given all this up to lead a life in finance within London.
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Made me smile.
- unknown0
obviously wasted in finance
: P
- Bio0
bluejam, i like your brother.
jevad... ... dont EVER show people my picture without asking. ya jackass.
on a serious note, i think that since we are in the creative industry, it is perfectly fine to write down facts about ourselves, but i also think that it is perfectly fine to show some of your personality/humor.
then again, maybe that is why no one ever calls me back. fuckers.
- vespa0
bluejam that's hilarious!
For most designers though I'd say it's better to let your online portfolio get you the interview and then impress them with your personality in person. It's so easy to get it disasterously wrong when you think you are being funny.
Give away enough in the bio to let them know you are likeable/proactive/whatever angle you use to sell yourself but keep it brief.
- exador0
the clever bio was originally from this..
http://www.petebevin.com/archive…
i remember reading it years ago..there's a printout of it at Betty's (a cool media hangout/bar) in toronto..
first saw it back in the mid 90's and laughed my ass off...
still love it to this day..
- brooke0
Thanks, hombres! Your responses have really helped!
- kpl0
except me. I was totally unhelpful.
- brooke0
Admittance is the first step.
- driftlab0
I love pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.
Hey, that might make a good song lyric.