Maybe it’s because you have to look into 100 CVs the reason why these are made in the first place. We talk a lot about how companies have to stand out, and the same apply to individual designers: you’re looking for a designer position, what a great way to stand out that showing some initiative. Besides that, I also think you should made the boring version (that’s rather easy) to keep happy the bureaucrats 😉 I don’t think the’re pretentious, but rather the opposite: they don’t try to keep a false solemnity.

Also I forgot to mention that these looks to me the opposite to pretentious; they lack of it.

I would rather be a huge laugh that a huge disappointment.

Despite the negative comments I think this resumes are a huge improvement. Lets remember that you’re applying for a designer position; you can try to explain yourself with a bunch of generic words, or just show the capabilities you had.

Is this method only acceptable for more creative roles or can I use this for more mainstream work? I’m seeking for finance-related jobs and I’m not too sure if they’ll actually want this type of resume, even though it will stand out…

The Info-graphic resume is sexy as hell. I FUCKING LOVE GRAPHS!

Brilliant is all I can say. I would like to use these techniques to redo my resume but I am told because of the high volume of resumes in a tough job market recruiters and hiring managers use scanners to look for keywords in resumes. Creative formats like these may not work in such cases, no?

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The site was hand-crafted here at Behance. No theme here!

And it’s not just resumės. Reports and all manner of corporate/internal communications can be “vest grey” boring.

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That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. If someone wants to spend money on selling themselves, that’s their own business and quite impressive I’d say. Assume they have friends at the printers and got a great deal because they are awesome, not because they love to throw money around on self-promotion because NOBODY wants to waste their money or time on jobs or people that don’t matter.

Absolutely true. You have to get these into the hands of the right person, which is very difficult … unless you have a referral. The online job hunting process is so uesless. Most HR personnel don’t really care about the uniqueness or creativity, they are looking for the buzzz words in the copy.

But, I really love these resumes.

True. The problem is that HR departments are looking for staffing for the whole company, it is unlikely that a company would search very hard for a HR person with savvy creative skills too. Zappo’s is unique because the leaders are creative, just like Google, Apple, Nike etc hopefully are.

ha true!

I have my word resume ready too. ug.

I totally agree. I used to circle file resumes that had no creativity to them, that is why I am so shocked at the process today.

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WHO THE HELL HAS TIME TO DO THIS

Para hacer un currículum tan creativo se necesita bastante dinero, teniendo en cuenta que tu currículum lo dejarás en muchísimos lugares, lo único que puedes hacer es arruinarte, ya que a día de hoy es difícil que te contraten y vuelvas a recuperar el dinero invertido en la impresión del currículum. Son muy creativos y muy originales, pero muy caros.

Career Map is pretty cool. I love these examples of CVs and can see why most of them would be well received by progressive design agencies. However it really depends on how ‘progressive’ the person is that is looking through the CVs. I still get tingles and cold sweats when I think about the one art-director who went slightly mental about my use of extra-bold uppercase letters in my graduate CV. He was simply out of touch with what else was going on in the design world. Had one of the above landed on his desk I’m not sure what he would have done!..

CV’s should be well-designed no matter what industry you’re in. If you’re an illustrator – illustrate elements or all of your CV. If you’re a designer make sure the typography / kerning is spot on.

I would recommend adding a mini-bio to your CV.

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i think these would be great to give at an interview when they ask if you brought your resume with you. but until then, id stick to the standard version so HR doesnt have a heart attack.

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Probably the best way to go. And if they don’t like the resume when you bring it along at your interview… well, maybe they’re not the place or job YOU’re looking for 🙂