A cool CV tip
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- d_rek0
We received a resume a few weeks back that had undergone photoshop hell and back. Drop shadowing on the name along with their own personal "logo" which had illustrator brush effects applied to it. Gradients in the sub-headers, poorly set-type... just all around laughable.
Best part was there was a bullet for "incredibly creative and motivated!!"
- bored2death0
The gimmicky stuff works for students. Beyond entry level it's portfolio and connections.
- WeLoveNoise0
direct mailouts you call "gimmiky" are sometimes a waste of time.
But there are a select few that are very intelligent and is a great way to generate business.on the flipside, my g/f's company just fell for a real shit one where the designer had managed to get hold of her name and made the mailout to be some kinda of random for their lost mug (which she hadnt lost) then made her go on a website to spot out which one was hers (which is bollocks because none of them were). Then all it said was "well done you just proved this worked"
needless to say he has been given a project.......WTF, it wasnt even designed well and the flash site was crap!!!
i now believe my g/f to have shittest taste in design and learn never to take her comments on board
- monoboy0
I received a CV from and ex army dude, recently discharged, no design experience (for senior design post).
It was a bunch of random and badly A4 photocopied notes, all sellotaped together. Couldn't unfold it with ripping it all up. We all thought it was a clever stunt until the guy phoned asking for an interview. Completely unhinged.
Our CD was genuinely terrified. Scared to leave the building in case he was outside.
- BaskerviIle0
I agree that gimmicky cvs may just about work for students, but then again, they are usually not able to create them to a high level so they kind of fall flat, but you give em marks for effort.
More senior designers should not be creating wacky cvs, your cv should be about its content, dressing it up tells me you have a poor cv content. It may be a way to show good typography/attention to detail etc.
A CV is not your portfolio. Let your folio show your creativity and your cv show your experience.