Comments on: Give Your Resume a Creative Boost http://www.onextrapixel.com/2010/01/29/give-your-resume-a-creative-boost/ A digital community for web designers and developers by sharing freebies, great tutorials, useful resources and online tips. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:22:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dwayne http://www.onextrapixel.com/2010/01/29/give-your-resume-a-creative-boost/comment-page-1/#comment-17311 Dwayne Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:22:48 +0000 http://www.onextrapixel.com/?p=3359#comment-17311 Most of these resumes you posted are confusing, try too hard, have too many colours and are an absolute mess. I would not hire most of these people based on their annoying resumes. Keep it simple, stupid. Most of these resumes you posted are confusing, try too hard, have too many colours and are an absolute mess. I would not hire most of these people based on their annoying resumes. Keep it simple, stupid.

]]> By: crystal http://www.onextrapixel.com/2010/01/29/give-your-resume-a-creative-boost/comment-page-1/#comment-15259 crystal Sat, 05 Mar 2011 15:47:22 +0000 http://www.onextrapixel.com/?p=3359#comment-15259 What program should be use to make something creative ? What program should be use to make something creative ?

]]> By: Winding Machine http://www.onextrapixel.com/2010/01/29/give-your-resume-a-creative-boost/comment-page-1/#comment-11090 Winding Machine Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:00:39 +0000 http://www.onextrapixel.com/?p=3359#comment-11090 online resume is really needed specially if you want to apply for IT jobs on the internet ".. online resume is really needed specially if you want to apply for IT jobs on the internet "..

]]> By: damien http://www.onextrapixel.com/2010/01/29/give-your-resume-a-creative-boost/comment-page-1/#comment-6858 damien Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:27:21 +0000 http://www.onextrapixel.com/?p=3359#comment-6858 Nice stuff. But many employers require a resume to be uploaded during an online application process, and, then bundle everyone's resume and do a keyword search. In other words - design is futile. Nice stuff. But many employers require a resume to be uploaded during an online application process, and, then bundle everyone's resume and do a keyword search. In other words - design is futile.

]]> By: hemen parekh http://www.onextrapixel.com/2010/01/29/give-your-resume-a-creative-boost/comment-page-1/#comment-4352 hemen parekh Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:51:29 +0000 http://www.onextrapixel.com/?p=3359#comment-4352 To my knowledge, there is only one recruitment software which is equally popular amongst the recruiters and the jobseekers. It is “ Resume Rater “. Recruiters love it because it enables them to find the 5 best resumes out of 5000 received against their advt., in a matter of minutes. Jobseekers like it because rating their own resumes [ using “ Resume Rater ” ], before sending to recruiters, tells them whether it will get listed in those “ best 5 “ ! One can download “Resume Rater“[ free and without login ] from almost any link on the first 2 pages of Google search results ( - although there are 59.4 million links ! ) with regards hemen parekh PS Rating their own resumes [- and those of their classmates ] could be an interesting exercise for fresh graduates. To my knowledge, there is only one recruitment software which is equally popular amongst the recruiters and the jobseekers.

It is “ Resume Rater “.

Recruiters love it because it enables them to find the 5 best resumes out of 5000 received against their advt., in a matter of minutes.

Jobseekers like it because rating their own resumes [ using “ Resume Rater ” ], before sending to recruiters, tells them whether it will get listed in those “ best 5 “ !

One can download “Resume Rater“[ free and without login ]
from almost any link on the first 2 pages of Google search results ( - although there are 59.4 million links ! )

with regards

hemen parekh

PS

Rating their own resumes [- and those of their classmates ] could be an interesting exercise for fresh graduates.

]]> By: Jane http://www.onextrapixel.com/2010/01/29/give-your-resume-a-creative-boost/comment-page-1/#comment-2912 Jane Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:44:26 +0000 http://www.onextrapixel.com/?p=3359#comment-2912 Thank you so much! Just what I need to fix up my resume! Thank you so much! Just what I need to fix up my resume!

]]> By: hemen parekh http://www.onextrapixel.com/2010/01/29/give-your-resume-a-creative-boost/comment-page-1/#comment-2910 hemen parekh Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:53:58 +0000 http://www.onextrapixel.com/?p=3359#comment-2910 Text resumes will be around for a long time. Because everyone can type. But everyone cannot write a story or a poem. So, there will also be a demand for expert / professional resume – writers, for a long time to come. But an ever-increasing number of recruiters feel that graphical / visual / audio resumes have an edge over plain text resumes – prompting emergence of path-breaking job-portals such as www.VisualCV.com which inspired me to come-up with my own www.CustomizeResume.com ( it is easy to be inspired, but , at the age of 77 , difficult to implement ! ) With regards hemen parekh Mumbai -- India Text resumes will be around for a long time. Because everyone can type.

But everyone cannot write a story or a poem.

So, there will also be a demand for expert / professional resume – writers, for a long time to come.

But an ever-increasing number of recruiters feel that graphical / visual / audio resumes have an edge over plain text resumes – prompting emergence of path-breaking job-portals such as

http://www.VisualCV.com

which inspired me to come-up with my own

http://www.CustomizeResume.com

( it is easy to be inspired, but , at the age of 77 , difficult to implement ! )

With regards

hemen parekh

Mumbai -- India

]]> By: Ben http://www.onextrapixel.com/2010/01/29/give-your-resume-a-creative-boost/comment-page-1/#comment-2773 Ben Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:04:27 +0000 http://www.onextrapixel.com/?p=3359#comment-2773 Awful. As someone who has worked in the industry for 10 years at various agencies and been responsible for hiring creative talent, seeing an over designed resume is a huge turn off. And I know this has been the view of a couple of Creative Directors I've worked alongside. I want to see clear facts, any qualifications, but most importantly work experience and achievements. My advice would be, if you really think you have what it takes to fill the vacancy, email your resume along with a portfolio pdf. And in your email, put your money where your mouth is. Ask the Creative Director to set you a brief which you're willing to work on for free. Turn it round in two days and get it back. Now that's the kind of get up and go I expect from someone on my team! So whilst I don't agree with you Charlotte, I hope you feel I've contributed constructively. Kind regards Awful.

As someone who has worked in the industry for 10 years at various agencies and been responsible for hiring creative talent, seeing an over designed resume is a huge turn off. And I know this has been the view of a couple of Creative Directors I've worked alongside.

I want to see clear facts, any qualifications, but most importantly work experience and achievements.

My advice would be, if you really think you have what it takes to fill the vacancy, email your resume along with a portfolio pdf. And in your email, put your money where your mouth is. Ask the Creative Director to set you a brief which you're willing to work on for free. Turn it round in two days and get it back.

Now that's the kind of get up and go I expect from someone on my team!

So whilst I don't agree with you Charlotte, I hope you feel I've contributed constructively.

Kind regards

]]> By: Jakub http://www.onextrapixel.com/2010/01/29/give-your-resume-a-creative-boost/comment-page-1/#comment-2701 Jakub Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:05:48 +0000 http://www.onextrapixel.com/?p=3359#comment-2701 Absolutely amazing, fresh subject. I never thought about tweaking my resume to that level. Now I will, hopefully not soon. ;) Thanks a lot. Absolutely amazing, fresh subject. I never thought about tweaking my resume to that level. Now I will, hopefully not soon. ;)
Thanks a lot.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.onextrapixel.com/2010/01/29/give-your-resume-a-creative-boost/comment-page-1/#comment-2681 Nicole Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:12:09 +0000 http://www.onextrapixel.com/?p=3359#comment-2681 Great article! Some of the examples are very extreme, but if you apply for a job as a graphic designer I think that's absolutely fair. When I applied for a job as a UI Designer I also went for extraordinary and the whole department was talking about my application before I even had a job interview, so when I came there everyone knew I'm the one with the crazy resume. So it can be good to have something over the top even for jobs that don't directly have something to do with graphic design. Great article! Some of the examples are very extreme, but if you apply for a job as a graphic designer I think that's absolutely fair.
When I applied for a job as a UI Designer I also went for extraordinary and the whole department was talking about my application before I even had a job interview, so when I came there everyone knew I'm the one with the crazy resume. So it can be good to have something over the top even for jobs that don't directly have something to do with graphic design.

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