Revisiting my Resume
April 19th, 2008
Resumes are hard things to write. It’s your sales-pitch. It needs to be confident, but not conceded. It should be concise and eye-catching among a number of other things.
I tend to read about resumes every couple of months, hoping to find some new information that will help me create a winning resume. Recently, my attention has been drawn to the different types of resumes, and the concept of having a creative one.
About.com tells me that there are 5 different types of resumes: chronological, functional, combination, targeted & mini. The one I’ve have been sending out is chronological. Or, at least it used to be, before I deleted part of the “experience.” Lately, I’ve been wondering if I should rewrite it in a different format. My current resume reads as if I’m a recent graduate (which I was when I wrote it). I finished at AIS nearly two years ago! It also makes it painstakingly obvious that I’ve been out of work for a while. Plus, I am just bored with it! Given my experience level, a functional format seems like my best bet.
Since I’m entering into a creative field it makes sense that I also have a creative resume. Unfortunately, there are not a lot of examples of this. So, I’m on my own. I thought that a few appropriately placed sketches would be nice.
For the two of you who read this, I thought I’d share with you 2 drafts. I’m partial to Draft 2. Your feedback will be much appreciated.
My Current Resume (for comparison)
Draft 1 (pretty minimalistic)
Draft 2 (my plan is to put a sketch in the bottom left)
To be upfront: the “N&T Relocation” hasn’t happened yet, that is why it’s not on my current resume. It can’t happen till Norm & Teresa actually move.
From what I can tell resumes are supposed to be living. Which means that I’ll need to revisit mine again and again.
April 19th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
They’re both nice but I suppose the second one is better because it does actually have some employment on it. And what kind of sketch are you planning on putting on it?
April 19th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
I haven’t decided on the sketch. I could always put the employment on “draft 1″. I was just seeing what it would look like if I left it off.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I actually kinda like the first one. It’s more simple and I like the black more than the maroon coloring. Plus, when you put job experience on there, you are showing that you have only had that one job - wheras if you don’t put it, they might consider the four items under “design experience” as jobs. (Is that kinda deceptive? I’m not sure, but I still like the first one better!)
Also, it might be a good idea to add a few portfolio type photos of the work that you have done for each project, just to add depth to the resume.
That’s my two cents anyway
June 16th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Time for a new entry - it’s been almost two months