“I am of the opinion that [traditional] resumes are absolutely useless,” comments Marie-Lynn Richard, who then created a gorgeous and user-friendly infographic CV:
After I posted the idea of designing a visual resume, the post received 1,200 hits in one day (I normally get 400 hits on my posterous blog posts). So clearly there is a lot of interest in this idea. Web-ready, socialized and infographic resumes are trending.
Derek Bruff shared a very valuable link to a collection of other creative resumes, including these:
Map design by Jordan Carrol
Detail from a design by Stephen Gates
If a template sounds like a good idea, I found this one (below, $12 PSD file), and for the rest of my picks for amazing templates please click here.
Visual Resume.com also has free templates, and a paid service of $60/year for added job search support and features. Thank you to Jonathan Petrino for finding this service and blogging about it on the StudentBrandingBlog. Example template:
If you think that a PowerPoint/Keynote slide presentaion resume might be more your style, check out these examples:
You might also be interested in these posts:
“Professionalizing a Facebook Profile”
“Design a Professional Digital Footprint”
“Design your ePortfolio this week”
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RT @hypergogue: Visual CVs (or Infographic Resumes, if you prefer) from @sidneyeve http://bit.ly/ieBCWJ Happy New Year, Sidney! Good stuff!