With unemployment at nearly 10%, you need to do everything you can to stand out in a crowd.
Question is, how far should you (and are you willing) to go? One such suggestion we have, if you are artistically inclined, is to create an infographic based resume format.
Recruiters, hiring managers and the like need to plow through a pile of resumes that all have the same basic information, so why not kick things up a notch and wow them with some incredible visuals? That’s exactly what the following brave souls did.
It is important to note that:
- You should know what you are doing graphically or have someone help you that knows what they are doing. Go first class all the way.
- Consider the audience – a creative director position is probably a better fit for an infographic resume than a Vice President of a Bank
- Consider the type of company – this tip is a bit of a toss up but it stands to reason that a start up may be a better fit than a fortune 500 for this type of resume.
- If a hiring manager is using a program to scan for keywords in your resume and your infographic is completely image based, you may be tossed even before the visual effects could get you over the top.
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The black background makes this one really stand out, even among other infographic resumes! The downside on here would be a poor looking printout on a black and white printer:
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Jordan’s got a unique perspective, putting his experience out on a map of the United States. A potential downside here is that volunteer and short-term experience appears to have equal weight as longer-term work experience:
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The multidimensional view of this one is incredible, almost as if its a fusion of computer circuitry and resume in one:
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oh you missed out on the best i’ve seen so far- just featured last week…
http://seriousstache.com/2010/03/16/a-21st-century-recession-proof-resume/
@garddog – that’s a great infographic resume, thank you for sharing! We’ll have to make a follow up list, now that there are even greater ones out there
These are amazing, but I wonder how they would be received by Human Resources departments? Any HR people out there care to respond?
I look at a lot of resumes and have for a long time. I think these style resumes would cause me to spend more than 20 seconds looking which is about what I will spend on a typical resume to determine if I will really read it. Like the article states, these type of resumes are not for every job but as an HR person I think they work. Perhaps instead of a cover letter or as a summary over a traditional resume would be an approach for more traditional companies.
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very inspiring. In fact, so inspiring I had a go at making my own.