A cool CV tip
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- tymeframe0
At the end of the day, it should come down to your experience, the work you've done and how that can benefit where you're applying.
- kona0
I went into a pizza shop and ordered a pizza for delivery to an agency with my cv and resume. I gave the delivery guy a $10 tip and he delivered them at noon. They called at 1:15 and I was interviewing there the next day.
- so u bribed them ?WeLoveNoise
- Who can resist pizza?Continuity
- no. i slipped them roofies.kona
- ahahah not bad kona, not badgeorgesIII
- identity0
If I ever apply for a director position somewhere (or a position that requires a fair amount of delegation) I'm going to take my CV, set in univers, pay a company a nominal fee to paint it, word for word, on a billboard in India - have the photograph it - then have them print a poster and mail it to the company...
Other than that - set it in one, maybe two sizes - univers light - MAYBE two different weights - grid - call it a day.
- haha. i'd hire you.bigtrickIII
- just photoshop it how would they be able to tell the differencePIZZA
- (sigh)identity
- georgesIII0
I remember when we received a fake bloody hand in a butcher package,
the copy was something like "let me lend you a hand.."
we still have it in the fridge but we never called the guy.
we didn't really feel the whole psychopath vibe
- DaveO0
The thing to do is never let your connections dry up. Even if you're happy working somewhere, keep sending people your work, dialogue, web updates that kind of thing – but make it personal rather than a blanket email. CV doesn't really come into it half the time...
- DaveO0
Also, ANYONE can come up with a creative way to sell themselves, but it's the client's shit you have to sell, with a deadline, and someone critiquing it
- Point50
I thought that gimmick shit was dead in the 90s.
- MSTRPLN0
Just show up at the place, start working and don't leave. When someone asks you who you are and what you're doing there, just say that you are willing to work long hours for nothing and that you'd fit right in with the company.
- welcome to getting cornholed for the rest of your careercannonball1978
- MHDC0
On your interview, request a conference room... come with a full rack of BBQ ribs to share with the interviewers. place a stack of napkins in middle of table each with different prewritten notes about yourself.
Say nothing. Other than thanking them for lunch.
Leave politely by shaking the hand of the top dog in the room... when you shake his/her hand, palm them over a hidden wetnap.Wink and whisper "you know what to do..."
- identity0
sleep with the boss's daughter.
impregnate her.Raise your child and ask for a upper-management position to afford all the things in life the boss's grand son/daughter deserves.
Profit.
- Nutter0
Saw this post over at http://wemadethis.typepad.com/we…
Might not be rocket science, but it at least useful advice for students and graduates.
- ok_not_ok0
- Few like TNR, though. >:(Continuity
- looks like he's been dipping into his own stachecannonball1978
- orrinward0
I think the best advice to give on a CV is target the content and the styling to who you're applying to.
I have a one-page CV for download from my site that reflects my own style. If I'm applying for a job I really want I will send a customised CV that focuses on content relevant to that agency, and present it in a way that I feel compliments their house style and work they produce. I wouldn't recommend copying colors and such, but tailoring the look slightly to match them.
If you're going for a Web Design job, I don't see how a CV in a box of pills would help your cause. I think the quirky formats would only work if you're applying for a role where your job would be to generate innovation with marketing.
- cannonball19780
Personally I agree that this sort of attention seeking behavior works if you are a student and you have jack shit for work. It makes me think of that kid who got an ad job crafting google search results for a position. Outside of thinking outside of conventional ways to get attention, it said nothing of his skill set for the position he was going for (unless it was an SEO position).
To be honest in the last few years, most of the design work I've gotten I've just talked my way into with a Pages template resume. If you know your shit people know that you do. Otherwise its a lot of this:
- cannonball19780
I'll be honest though a couple of jobs I got as a junior came from pretending that I was a bike messenger and leaving my portfolio on desks.
- ok_not_ok0
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