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- Unorthodox
So im in the market to look for anew JOB and createdmy resume today can you all crit my resume and tell me what u think
http://unorthodoxoriginal.tripod…
any suggestions appreciated
sorry had a few tonight with a buddy and am a lil tipsy
- ganon0
hhmmm, thats it?..dude you got some more work to do...like adding content...its pretty dull, maybe you could put the headers in a complimentary font to the body text...a heavier font maybe...also make the body text a point or 2 smaller...no logo?..looks like a rush job, i would trash it without reading it if it was sent to me....
- lind0
Do you pronounce your name Simon? Interesting spelling.
Anyhoo...the alignment for your street address seems off.
Instead of "Quick Apprehension skills", which sounds weird, I would say "Quick Learner".
There's too much line spacing between the second and third lines for Objective.
I like the wide blank margin on the left side.
- Unorthodox0
yeah it was jjust wanted to get the thing rollin will try to get some more work on it done shit ill deal with this tomorow
- Unorthodox0
lind-yes i do but its really ShImon its polish and peolpe cant really pronounce it correctly
- zarayy0
I agree with Ganon, actually I would try and different typeface altogether, something a little more reader-friendly. FF Meta (a nice sans) paired with a serif perhaps, for headers.
- piperboytoy0
your layout is nice but boring. I like minimalist approach too. You should try playing with font sizes and experiement with different typefaces. Something with more personality. Your own perhaps.
If you have no "real world" work experience, you should include a few examples of your designs. Work it into your layout.
good luck with your resume and job hunting.
- Mick0
Stick with Word format - I know ur a designer but the HR industry will love u more if you use word. Show off your design skills in an online portfolio and link to it from your word resume. Also use dark colors if you want to use color so it can be printed on a laser printer and still readable / faxable - trust me... as lame as it may seem. The door of opportunity will stop if people can't fax/copy/file you resume easily.
And yeh - content is king with resumes. Go more indepth with your skills, goals, if you don't have much experience - elaborate with case studies (what u did at each job to improve the job, why/how it worked, etc.)
- nicora20
*going off design only*
the offset look is cool... but a resume is all about content, so work on that and get back to us.
- quik0
exactly. needs content man.
http://ben.giraffaka.com/ben_sch…
this is one from 8-9 months ago of mine... I could had a few pages right now off the top of my head
- ********0
I'm not a designer so I wont comment on the layout, although it does look empty and void of content. Keep the text in third person, avoid using "I", "my" or "mine". I would agree with other comments made, HR love clean, readable and printable CV's. As do us agents.
Keep the look clean and crisp, although add more content. Also, if you are registering with agencies, have a word copy, as most agents can't load PDF's on to their database.
- canuck0
Why make it designy, that's not a resumes purpose. Make it easy to scan, use information mapping techniques. Put your information into blocks that are easy to glance at. Most people look at resumes for like a few seconds, they have to be able to get the details quickly.