Creative Resumes
by
ResumeEdge.com
- The Net's Premier Resume Writing and Editing Service
What fun to be in an industry where almost anything
goes! In advertising and the arts, you have a license to be creative
with your resume. After all, creativity is one of your strongest
qualifications for the job. It is the need for this creativity that
determines when resumes like the ones in this chapter are appropriate.
Using a creative resume takes a very special type of person. They
are not for accountants, bankers, and executives.
Needless to say, these resumes are not scannable,
but the chances of a gallery, museum, graphic art firm, or ad agency
scanning your resume are almost nonexistent. Scannability in creative
industries is not an issue in almost all cases. When scannability
is an issue, simply create an ASCII text file resume and send it
along with your creative version (see the
Scannable Resume Design Guide).
No matter how creative you want to be, you must
still keep readability in mind. If your audience can't read your
resume, what good is it?
Here I most gratefully acknowledge the work of
Gregg Berryman. I have in my library a copy of his book, Designing
Creative Resumes (Menlo Park, CA: Crisp Publications, Inc., 1985).
His book is a great resource for creative resume ideas and, although
it is out of print at this writing, it can be found in many city
libraries.
From Designing the Perfect Resume, by Pat Criscito.
Copyright 2000. Reprinted by arrangement with Barron's
Educational Series, Inc.
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