Creative
Resumes
by
ResumeEdge.com
- The Net's Premier Resume Writing and Editing Service
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 résumé. After all, creativity is one
of your strongest qualifications for the job. It is the need for this
creativity that determines when résumés like the ones in this chapter
are appropriate. Using a creative résumé takes a very special type of
person. They are not for accountants, bankers, and executives.
Needless to say,
these résumés are not scannable, but the chances of a gallery, museum,
graphic art firm, or ad agency scanning your résumé 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
résumé 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 résumé, 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 Résumés (Menlo Park, CA: Crisp
Publications, Inc., 1985). His book is a great resource for creative résumé
ideas and, although it is out of print at this writing, it can be found in
many city libraries.
