Comments on: Resume Tips

By: Micheil

Micheil — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:53:50 +0000

Hmmm.. I’ve just been doing my own resume, and I’ve already used 95% of the ideas you have, just out of pure “common sense”. I only looked around at other peoples [ resumes ], and noticed the lack of colour, So I decided to use colour in headings like “Skills”, “Education”, “Past Work”, so the document becomes tri-colour.

One thing I was told to do was include a copy of my birth certificate, which oddly enough, i have an objection to: The information on them is quite a private collection, information as such can be used in identity fraud…

Any other tips? Even though this is posted almost a year ago, anyway, nice site and good information, One i’ll be sure to subscribe to in rss.

By: Crissy

Crissy — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:24:00 +0000

It’s good to hear a different, more creative perspective when it comes to doing resumes. I agree!

By: Aaron :: miLienzo.com

Aaron :: miLienzo.com — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:23:32 +0000

Just found your site - and a great article to land on.

You make a lot of wise comments which I find useful. I’m trying to get into the creative industry having come from the corporate world - so my current resume needs a bit of a style conversion. By ‘one page’ do you mean just one side? I couldn’t squeeze my Resume onto one side.

Also, I understand your point about cutting out the buzzwords and hyperbole - overuse of words like this can insult the readers intelligence. But my background is in PR and marketing so I would still say a subtle amount of, erm, ‘colourful’ language can’t hurt.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:10:07 +0000

My bad Kyle. Again, great article and lots of useful information.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 02:39:15 +0000

Will: I said it was not just a sales pitch ;) It most definitely is. I'd definitely agree with 1-page. Any more and I lose interest. And while interviews get you jobs, resumes get you interviews ;)

By: Will

Will — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:51:58 +0000

Nice article Kyle.

@Steve S. - Best practice is typically to keep your resume to 1 page if you can. Keep it lean with only highlights of your accomplishments / skills. Although Kyle says the resume is not a sales pitch, it is what most will influence most employers on whether or not to interview you. I my experience, the interview lands you the job.

This may be slightly different in the design / creative industry when recent work can be used to judge your skills as much as the resume can be.

I also believe the your resume should be tailored to the position and/or company your sending it to.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:42:15 +0000

what are your thoughts on a completely interactive resume with video embedded, flamming hoops, hypertext, avatars running around spearing eachother in the chest with lightsabers, etc., etc., … I exaggerate but you know what I mean…

By: Steve S.

Steve S. — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:59:03 +0000

What are your thoughts on resume length? And a side to that: What are your thoughts on padding the resume to fill up the last page of the resume?