- People don't proof read. (I kept hearing Stephanie's voice in my head saying "Have someone read over your work before you turn it in.")
- Just because you're applying for a position with the University of Maryland doesn't make it OK to color code your resume with red, black and gold. (True story.)
- Centering your cover letter is not OK. (I stopped reading it after the first sentence. Clearly they went into my "No" pile.)
Granted this is not a creative position and I shouldn't be basing whether I move someone along to the next round on their typeface choice, but come on people! Use some common sense.
I never even thought about designing a resume. These are really creative and well put-together.
ReplyDeleteThis is great, the infographic one may be 3-d but that gives it the ability to show more than one layer of information on the same timeline.
ReplyDeleteWow. I added a little flair to my resume a year ago and now get comments on it every time someone sees it. I wonder what kind of comments these people hear!
ReplyDeleteYikes! I've been in these shoes. My biggest pet peeve is spelling or grammatical errors....those go right into the trash bin.
ReplyDeleteInteresting... This has never crossed my mind. I always thought the simpler the resume, the better. In the case of the graphic design industry, this makes sense. The last guy has an infographic as his resume!
ReplyDeleteWow...this is definitely a great way to get noticed.
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful. And I thought mine was fancy because I used small caps for my headings. Shamed!
ReplyDeleteRegarding the proofreading thing ... I once received a resume from someone applying for a junior editor position who professed to have "grate attention to detail." At first I thought it was a joke, but there were other errors, too.