Design your CV?
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- elpaso0
aww bollocks.. i wish i hadn't seen that :(
without the pics - it's sooo close to the one i'm working on - to go along my new site :( (Serif+grid+gray) although.. i'm keeping my background white.. (printer friendly innit?)
well back to the drawing board.. i hate you mistermik :P
- mistermik0
ah its cool mate - its a bit trend whore.
my new site looks the same so just keeping it all matching.
- Autokern0
2 years old now.... needs an update:
http://www.magmaedia.com/cv/Davi…- Too many words, still resenting of an heavy Italian way of doing CVs. I wouldn't do that way todayAutokern
- u doing the may1streboot this year ?WeLoveNoise
- i would remove the 'S' from "experiences"elpaso
- Uhm... kinda late for may1st reboot now. And yeah it suffers from a terrible englishAutokern
- MR_EKKO0
You've probably seen this guy already, but here is an example of one that has been 'designed' and looks really nice
http://www.effektivedesign.co.uk…
Personally I think a clear and well presented Pdf is the best way forward, although a mailer/cv would get more attention maybe.
- way to expensivedigdre
- Yeah, think that is awesomefodcj
- small two colour print run not terribly expensive if it lands you a job reallyHoax
- AWESOME!saunakspace
- brianbrooks0
- I can't read itmonospaced
- you're not supposed to - just to see the layout and typographybrianbrooks
- "keep it simple silly" - is this the new way of saying keep it simple stupid?Wig
- MR_EKKO0
Yeah, thats why I put designed in inverted commas.
Definitely agreed on the whole clean, well thought layout as I have mine like that.
The cv above looks really nice again.
- MR_EKKO0
What do people think to the idea of a spoken portfolio? Where no images are shown, you only describe the work. It could even be recorded and then sent to potential employers.
Where the words become pictures. I once came across a book I think it was actually called words with no pictures and was really interesting.- good fucking luck with thatmonospaced
- noelpaso
- i want to read a CV at MY PACE...
not someone else's pace. its the equivalent of slideshow websites.. blarghelpaso - KarlssonWilker did this four years ago.Scotch_Roman
- that's what i do, the urls are there if they wish to persue the matterversion3
- WeLoveNoise0
i heard a story heard a guy printed his CV onto a lightbulb
the director who saw said it was the best idea he'd come across for years and hired him straight away
- a bit of a bitch to mail..
could back fire when a director gouges himself on shards of glasselpaso
- a bit of a bitch to mail..
- MR_EKKO0
Yeah I read something about that, superb idea. I've heard loads of tales including something about locusts in a box.
Imagine a cv where you could make some kind of animation/video that describes the story of you cv, maybe in a humorous way.
- digdre0
futura still the font to use?
- Scotch_Roman0
Well of course you should design your resume, but since when must "design" always scream for attention and hamper legibility?
Agree with others about PDF vs. Word. Don't design your resume in Word. Don't even make a Word version. If people want to copy/paste info, they can do it just as easily from a PDF.
I think the focus for a designer's resume should be the clear, concise presentation of information, and excellent use of typography. You can quietly flex your design muscles in the use of small caps, OSF, etc., but only in a way that clarifies the information within.
I've been guilty of over-design my resume in the past. Now I keep it very simple. A couple columns, clear logic in switching of type styles, no more than two typefaces and no more than two or three versions/weights of each (bold, italic etc.)
- Scotch_Roman0
Well of course you should design your resume, but since when must "design" always scream for attention and hamper legibility?
Agree with others about PDF vs. Word. Don't design your resume in Word. Don't even make a Word version. If people want to copy/paste info, they can do it just as easily from a PDF.
I think the focus for a designer's resume should be the clear, concise presentation of information, and excellent use of typography. You can quietly flex your design muscles in the use of small caps, OSF, etc., but only in a way that clarifies the information within.
I've been guilty of over-designing my resume in the past. Now I keep it very simple. A couple columns, clear logic in switching of type styles, no more than two typefaces and no more than two or three versions/weights of each (bold, italic etc.)
- GAH, woopsScotch_Roman
- all right gramme you made your point... ;)elpaso
- it happensmonospaced
- WeLoveNoise0
one guy put his CV in a blood pack and the person had to squeeze the blood in diff directions to view the CV inside
wasnt keen on that idea tho
- That's just gross. Really gross. Even if it's fake blood. I'd trash that shit immediately.Scotch_Roman
- yeh i kno - suppose its thinking "outside the box" but still crap.WeLoveNoise
- what about eating your cv and shitting it out and sending the turd?hitsuji
- depends on the job, visual fx it'd be appropriateversion3
- MR_EKKO0
I think maybe best to have a clear and concise pdf aswel as maybe some kind of experimental, radical cv.
- ESPtype0
- too much white space mate
mistermik - yeh way too much. would either occupy it with some work or change the grid entirelyWeLoveNoise
- I would never put work on a CVESPtype
- FIGHT!hitsuji
- nothing wrong with this at allBaskerviIle
- too much white space mate
- digdre0
- yikesmonospaced
- eyey ey/ tjhos ois kickassdigdre
- i'll change to akkurat/ monodigdre
- fooler20
keep it to one page