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Creative
Resumes
by
ResumeEdge
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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