gizmodo.com: Making your resume stand out from a pile of papers or a bunch of pixels on a screen is hard as hell. How can people who went to similar schools and worked similar jobs and have similar skills differentiate themselves? By being clever. Like Philippe Dubost. He turned his resume into an Amazon product page. It's brilliant!
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This article reminds me of the info graphic resumes that the professional practices class does. It's a great way to get your information out there and for people to get an example of your creativity and of your personality before they meet you. The most important thing is to make sure that all of your information is clear and obvious. If you have a really creative resume it'll attract someone's attention, but you also have to be able to hold their attention with the contents. This is a great real-world application of the stuff we do in some of our classes.
This is pretty clever. Recently in class we have been learning about resume building and job interview skills. This guy definitely took "standing out" to a whole new level, and I personally would at least give him an interview just because he put in the effort to make his resume different and creative. I wonder if a resume like this would only be effective for communication and arts-related jobs. For example, my father, who is a lawyer, would probably think this resume is funny and clever, but it may also make him question whether or not this guy is completely serious. I think it is important to establish a balance between professionalism and cleverness when created resumes and interviewing with a business.
As summer approaches at a scarily fast pace, resumes are definitely prevalent in my mind. How do I make mine unique? How do I stand out, especially as a freshman competing for jobs against upperclassmen? Therefore this incredibly creative and wittily designed resume is truly inspiring. The potential employee used the knowledge that employers are seeking to make his resume stand out; his resume thus exemplifies his talents both visually and in words, making him extra appealing. This has definitely given me a few creative ideas for my own resume and getting it to literally pop out on the page.
This an incredibly creative way to present your resume! In high school, I was asked to create a non-traditional resume and several of us did come up with something creative, but never something as innovative as this! I definitely think that it is important to have a nice balance between a professional resume and a fun/creative resume, but I'd love to see how this was received by those who he gave it to. This is definitely a resume I would remember just by looking at it. Its actually incredibly clever.
I appreciate the need to have your resume stand out, but this is taken quite too far. Yes it is witty and creative, but it took me quite a while to actually figure out its organizational structure, and find the information embedded in it. I feel that this is definitely detrimental to the resume's overall effectiveness, where a potential employer shouldn't have to search around to find the information they're looking for. Of course, an extremely simple and boring resume is no good either. The challenge is to find a style that is cohesive and polished, while at the same time being just creative enough to not inhibit the ease of use.
This is the coolest thing ever! I would hire him on this alone, any one who can come up with this kind of stuff deserves the job.
I have heard how boring it can be to have to sift though resume after resume and finding something as entertaining and interesting as this would make me stop and take my time to get to know this guy, and I think thats the goal of resumes theses days, to stand out in a way that makes someone stop and look, and then have the desire to find out more, and not toss it of to the side. something this good would maybe even make whoever has been looking at the resumes want to show everyone he work with how innovative it is. Also what a way to spread your resume, making something so entirely different that an article gets published about it!
But I do wander, what does Amazon have to say about this?
I agree with Dan that the structure could use a little work. Its important when you do these kinds of resume what type of position you are applying for and what it says about you. I would never give something like that out as my resume, but I would put it in my portfolio. It would be a great discussion piece.
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