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!!"
- 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!
- boat0
I liked this thread. I don't have any stories, but it makes for a good read.
- Continuity0
Nothing like reviving a thread from the dead ...
- doesnotexist0
i mean, if you're treating your cv like a project when you shouldn't, what does that say about what you'll do on a real project? i don't want that shit.
- doesnotexist0
first thing I look at is the work, the cv is really secondary. that being said, I despise all desperate and clever attempts at making your portfolio something it's not. show me the fucking work. and if you don't have any work to show, or any work period to do, you probably have time to make your contraption. This immediately tells me you don't really work but pretend to.
- ok_not_ok0
bump
- 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.
- cannonball19780
Personally I agree that this sort of attention seeking behavior works if you are a student and you have jack shit for work. It makes me think of that kid who got an ad job crafting google search results for a position. Outside of thinking outside of conventional ways to get attention, it said nothing of his skill set for the position he was going for (unless it was an SEO position).
To be honest in the last few years, most of the design work I've gotten I've just talked my way into with a Pages template resume. If you know your shit people know that you do. Otherwise its a lot of this:
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- ********0
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.
- ok_not_ok0
- Few like TNR, though. >:(Continuity
- looks like he's been dipping into his own stachecannonball1978
- Nutter0
Saw this post over at http://wemadethis.typepad.com/we…
Might not be rocket science, but it at least useful advice for students and graduates.
- 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.
- 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..."
- 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
- Point50
I thought that gimmick shit was dead in the 90s.
- 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
- 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...