mymodernmet.com: In today’s world, finding a job isn’t easy. To stand out from hundreds of other applicants, you have to make sure your application catches the eye of your future employer. Taking this into account, creative artist Andy Morris decided to do something different, and added a much needed element of fun to his job hunt.
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This is a very creative idea for an often relatively bleak prospect. And for this designer is perhaps a positive approach to not only finding a way to stand out of the pack but also a way for future employers to see the practical application of his skills and creativity. I’ve seen throughout social media others who have used this approach such as a graphic designer who used donut boxes he’d designed and created with a resume on the inside or a seamstress who took her traditional resume and sewed hers into fabric. While these seem like exciting alternatives to the alternative of printed paper, I wonder though how practical this approach would be for others who are not of the most creative fields. I can’t imagine a lawyer bringing in a Lego figure for a job interview or an accountant handing over a sewn resume. There is also a look at how time intensive and cost effective these methods really are and if they stand as enough evidence to your creativity, and commitment to really make a difference.
I greatly enjoy reading about creative approaches to day to day tasks that may seem exclusively unimaginative and menial. As someone who struggles greatly with completing everyday tasks that are not immediately interesting or creatively stimulating, stories like this inspire me to not only complete these tasks, but to approach them with a sense of fun and creativity, and by extension, to live an actively creative life. The ability to live life as an artist, as opposed to as someone who simply does art as job is something I am constantly striving to attain, and the inventive approach of the designer in the article grants me another example to follow in this regard. In addition, I intend to go into a creative job that I enjoy as soon as possible, which was why I chose this school and this program, and the approach this artist took gives me a useful example of how to go about this endeavor without it seeming so imposing.
This is really a fun idea. If he is applying to positions for companies like Lego then it may work in his favor, and help him get past the first round. I think a resume is general is hard to really know a person, this allows a lot to be known about who Andy Morris is. I could also see this working greatly against him, as a reviewer would be inconvenienced as it is not a sheet of paper that could nicely fit in a stack. Perhaps a good idea would be for him to send along a hard single page copy resume as well. It does seem that Andy Morris is much more of a free lance artist, so a resume for him, will probably not be ending up in a stack somewhere, and be going to other artists. I would be interested in seeing what he does, and how it relates to Legos, or something that along those lines that makes sense for him to use a Lego sculpture of himself as a resume.
What a fun approach to something so mundane! When I was creating my portfolio for college portfolio reviews, I definitely felt the pressure to make it look nice, sophisticated, and impressive. This artist has achieved those qualities in very different ways than I did, instead of black pages, white text, and colorful photos, he has explored the third dimension and is trying to appeal to the childlike wonder in his potential employers. I can only imagine the curiosity that begins to take root in the review’s mind when they come across a package with a tag that says “Unwrap your newest employee” on it in big, capital letters. To open this box is exciting, and it is even more exciting to finally discover what is on the inside. What your resume/portfolio contains is extremely important, but just how it looks speaks volumes on who you are and what you care about. This man’s resume says everything about who he is.
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