Resume Design
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- desmo
do you think resumes should be a lot of thought into the design of a resume? or should it just be simple rows and colomns?
- derek20050
my sister applied at a boardshop... (sells snowboards and whatnot) and put a picture of her wakeboarding in the upper right corner, with her name in a nice font, loud, colourful... and they hired her.. said her resume stood WAY out, which really intrigued them...
- 305artist0
My resume is ugly as shit cause its a word document. What can I do to spice it up in word??
- derek20050
lol. i HATTE drawing shit in word. fire up illustrator...
what is the job for? design based?
- desmo0
im in the CG buisness for movies and tv
- winter0
lol. make your resumé an extension and the forerunner of things to come. e.g. make it sound just like not a curriculum.
make a poster out of it for darwin's sake.
- 305artist0
Well thats my company logo, Would that work as a resume logo? I hate doing resumes...
- 305artist0
yeah the job is design/animation based
- derek20050
do the resume like the design in your logo
- SOBIG0
i hear alot of employers find it to be corny and obvious, but then again, it depends on what field you're in.
- forcetwelve0
keep it simple and clean. make a simple two column grid and stick to it, but put heaps of time into it. it's YOU on a piece of paper.
- doesnotexist0
make it look good. however you do that.
should represent you in a fair manner.
- sephil0
"keep it simple and clean. make a simple two column grid and stick to it, but put heaps of time into it. it's YOU on a piece of paper.
forcetwelve
(Jan 2 06, 02:18)"I stick to that to, unless you don't have the experience to speek for itself. Else you can go with the flashy stuff to compensate...
- pollypocket0
I agree, your cv is an extension of yourself, should show your personality and your style.
However, I would advise to keep it subtle. Classic never goes out of fashion. Show them you can design a clean functional piece of work that does what it needs to: which is sell you and show them your experience.
Its always worked for me...
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- tkmeister0
if you are a hot girl, attach a pic of yourself in bikini.
that always works. i attached a pic of myself in speedo. obviously that didn't work.
- honest0
Your porfolio/showreel is a visual representation of your design/creative career. Your resume/CV should be a trailer/appetiser/teaser for your portfolio/showreel. Never do it in Word, you can at the very least create a PDF (come on, it's 2006 now). Never put stuff on dvd/cd-roms, I mean who has the time/energy these days to commit to the exercise of taking out the dvd/cd-rom and inserting into a computer and then navigating the interface. Instead use screenshots/previews/storyboards... outs. It's more immediate and quicker and more cost effective. It's all in here:
- spongebob0
pull out all the stops. just add a tiny line that if they want the 'classic' flavour it's always available on request
- JazX0
keep it simple stupid
great book.
- tkmeister0
the rule of KISS (keep it simple stupid)
- JazX0
ahhh hahha KISS