Design your CV?
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- hitsuji
From my research there seems to be polarised opinions on whether a designer should "design" their CV. What do you lot think? I did have both at one point but I kept getting asked for a normal word document version even though they thought it was great to see a graphical CV. So it did grab peoples attention but wasn't maybe practical enough. Maybe both are needed?!
Got any examples of designed CV's?
- Leigh0
just keep it simple.
its your portfolio that will get you the job, not how pretty your cv looks.
- Alpesh0
Nah simple word doc/pdf, clean simple type, structure it well so the reader can scan through the CV quickly.
- neue75_bold0
this is my old one, needs updating...
http://www.mgiesser.com/random/m…- and redesigned...neue75_bold
- its nice. i like it. not just a word doc but looks clean and simple too. me likeshitsuji
- can I rip that********
- it's always been well-received... I think whatever you do, it need to be in-line with how you present yourneue75_bold
- work, whether it be a pdf of samples, your physical folio or website...neue75_bold
- I agree it's the place to go all out, but you should make sure it's considered and 'on-brand' ;)neue75_bold
- nice... simple... clean...
...done. :)
(really nice, neue)PonyBoy - it's 'not' the place..neue75_bold
- really nice againMR_EKKO
- Ah, Gilles.... good guy.
Still hasn't shaved.Gucci
- PonyBoy0
if you're talking about a resume (sorry... 'gnorant 'merican here)...
... don't 'design' it... it's a document that holds simple KEY information about you...
... design your website... folio... etc... but leave your 'curriculum vitae' 'clean' of bullshit... it's merely going to be slipped into a file folder of other applicants... so make sure your name and immediate contact data is right at the top ready to be seen when some HR clown is sifting through stacks of resumes...
... in the end it's about your work... or at least it should be...
- PonyBoy0
ha... yeah.. what everyone else said. :)
- hitsuji0
so basically. nice type. easy to read layout. got it. i thought maybe it would need to follow the theme of your portfolio or website or something. thanks
- yep, that's what I'm crapping on about in my notes above..neue75_bold
- cool. just read your crap. sounds good to mehitsuji
- BaskerviIle0
I hate that so much of the time the word 'designed' means 'full of superfluous crap and meaningless style'
So if that's what you mean then, no your cv should not be 'designed' but then nothing you ever produce should be in that case.
If you are a designer then of course your cv should be designed, by which I mean you've thought carefully the hierarchy of the information you're presenting and chosen a suitable typeface etc.
I'd recommend a simple, elegant, clean layout, carefully ordered but overall just a black and white pdf that you can send out.You will stand out from others by the quality of your typography and layout, but most of all by the content of the cv itself, then hopefully further on from the work in your portfolio- i could have worded it better. but the examples neue has given are what i was thinking...hitsuji
- Yeah, what Baskerville saidstem
- I fully agree. Im glad I actually read through the posts first this time.shitehawke
- neue75_bold0
- which program you do it in?hitsuji
- like thisWeLoveNoise
- Indesign...neue75_bold
- thought it might have been. i've never got round to quark. it's an OCD thing hahahitsuji
- that is A LOT of text.. no?elpaso
- not really...neue75_bold
- well maybe yes if it was for a design position..neue75_bold
- ah gd point! :)elpaso
- like italicetheblue
- widows? seriously?********
- if it creates a better rag and doesn't influence readability then widows, orphans, hyphenation and all your otherneue75_bold
- desktop publishing rules on typesetting from 1983 can be ignored..neue75_bold
- Autokern0
Just do 2 versions:
a basic version in doc format
and a typographically crafted version in pdf.
- calculator0
If a 'designer' sent me a CV in Word, they'd get a -10,
If you can't typeset something properly (in an industry standard package such as Indesign) and communicate yourself in something as simple as a CV, then get the fuck out.
- i never send work docs. but a few times they were lazy and wanted a word doc to copy and paste my details.hitsuji
- elpaso0
i did this two or three years ago
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17632…but - i hate talking about myself so i made sure i put lots of empty space and big ass type :D
- very nice..neue75_bold
- indeedhitsuji
- very nice!
what i find with all these examples of cv is even though they are all similar(white background etc) they all have their own voice. inspiring!MR_EKKO - 4 line limit :)elpaso
- ********0
Mike, make mine too
- sorry tom, don't think you could afford me..neue75_bold
- oh.********
- vaxorcist0
multi-column indesign/illustrator PDF's are cool. .DOC files directly from word can contain malware and such.
Plaintext is also a good thing if you're the least bit developer oriented, especially (sadly) as some shops have keyword scanners that look in the file to deal with the tsunami of resumes from online postings....
- vaxorcist0
Note also that some recruiters and even some shops will want you to give them a version without your address/phone/email/website for some legalisticor business reasons, so make sure you can do that easily, not have to go home to your desktop and give it to them the next day, possibly too slow...
- fodcj0
This is what I have got at the moment:
http://www.jakescreates.com/davi…Also an interesting article that you might find of interest:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/…- <smashing article really good - which approach there do you like?alicetheblue
- I think they're all atrocious except this one http://media1.smashi…neue75_bold
- Think Eva-Lotta Lamm is probably the best: http://media1.smashi…fodcj
- yours looks good as well fodcj!neue75_bold
- yeah its simple and elegant
alicetheblue - cheersfodcj
- monospaced0
After reviewing a pile of them (from potential print designers), I now prefer the simpler, classic cv. When I once though "designing" them was the shit — a student myself not long ago — I found myself despising any attempts I saw at being clever.
In the end, readability wins. A cv is pure information and nothing more, and it should communicate that. A good graphic designer will recognize that the function of a cv is to be extremely legible and that reinventing the wheel is completely unnecessary. Keep it clean.
- alicetheblue0
and some big corporations want a word doc as well so they can put it in a data base for a search on key words ....arghhhhhhh
working on one now....double arghhhhhhhhh
- mistermik0
I combine cv / cred - http://www.workwithmister.com/CV…
Though content is due an update — that's getting updated
- but mines different as I aiming to work with them not for themmistermik
- Nice for a more visual one.fodcj
- yup nice job and direction and work
[son of a bitch] ;)WeLoveNoise - son of a bitch ;-)alicetheblue
- hahah cheersmistermik
- lovely!neue75_bold
- thats a really nice cv
MR_EKKO