A cool CV tip
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- 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.
- boat0
I liked this thread. I don't have any stories, but it makes for a good read.
- 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.
- airey0
and i've seen the opposite point made also.
the point i think is better is 'know your audience'. do some research if possible.
- Continuity0
Or find a middle approach. But, your point about knowing your audience is so true, and I'll give you an example in my own job hunt.
A few months ago, I found the website of a small shop that did good work, and their own site was really cool. Lots of easter eggs and off-the-wall buried links.
Anyway, one of those easter eggs was a link to different recipes from staff; apparently it's an agency of foodies, so I got the bright idea of sending in one of my own along with my CV.
I ultimately didn't get hired, but it got their attention regardless, and shows I did my research.
- A cake with your CV iced on it might have done the trick.monoboy
- That's just bribery. :DContinuity
- mydo0
a pill bottle full of pills would have been better.
- MrMackem0
A conceptual thinker or a big fan of Spirtualized's fantastic packaging?
- 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
- WeLoveNoise0
is it really conceptual ?
not the most original idea - pretty sure theres been a few people done that- I actually agree. How are prescription pills a freakin' concept? Gives a bad impression, to me at least.monospaced
- could see if it was for an inhouse position at a healthcare firm but design studio. uhuhWeLoveNoise
- I think this says more about the recipient's idea of what good ideas are. Sounds like the job-seeker and the employer were a good fit.Josev
- a good fit.Josev
- 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.
- mydo0
A friend of mine sent ALL of his childhood diaries (aged 8 - 16) to LOWE in London, saying that "if you want to know about my past here you go"
He got the job, sadly the diaries had been passed around the agency, much to hilarity of descriptions of: his first kiss, wank, fingering, joint, blow job and 100's of drawing of his cock.
- 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..."
- WeLoveNoise0
best one i heard was a guy who sent his CV printed on a lightbulb
- 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.
- microkorg0
Heres a new top tip.
Don't send CV's out from the hotmail address you've had for about 15 years.
sexybabe696969@hotmail .....
You might think i'm joking! We had an email with CV attached the other day and the hotmail email address was somewhat similar to the one above. Crazy!
- neue75_bold0
the best one I've seen contained no gimmicks, was well layed out, had good experience and a strong viewpoint towards having a considered approach and was backed up by great work...
- +1 Good work presented sensibly trumps gimmicks and sweeties any day.PIZZA
- Having a voice trumps it all.. ffs have a bloody opinion and reason for why you do what you do..neue75_bold
- +1Jimbo82
- necromation0
I just send a video of me fucking... I get the job EVERYTIME.
- we're not all after gay porn work though.airey
- we're not?mydo
- he fucks dead peoplemonospaced
- Sorry, no gay porn... I likes the lady,
and dead's not good for me!necromation