Dom
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Current CV is in need of a complete overhaul, with it currently looking like this -
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It certainly got me into a few interviews (Avid at Pinewood Studios, few other record companies) due to the consensus that it was good marketing (and generally random) and making me (*cv) fairly memorable because it stood out from the typical (and boring - as one guy said) format of the black and white cv.
I've seen some of the graphics/art students cvs (where it's probably the done thing instead of having a plain cv) when i was at Uni as some of them were pretty strange - pop up style book, fold out design etc. But I’m wondering what CS's opinions are on the use of designed/graphical CVs (especially in other industry areas from Graphics/Art etc) - Do you think they are acceptable? A good form of marketing? Unprofessional?
And for inspiration, has anyone on here done something similar? Or know of good CV designs?
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daymoon
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I think it's quite a good idea to be honest. as other people said to you it's different and stands out.
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Neo
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Um...depends what job for to be honest, as a designer or artist of some description, in a role that requires creativity then brilliant.
You bring that to me and ask to become my new first line IT support man....I'll tell you to stop doodling.
Like it though 
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RichR
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It depends very much on the industry or job you're looking to go into - I would'nt even look at something like that if someone sent it to me but then it wouldn't suit an engineering job/the marine industry.
I don't mind a bit of formatting but too many colours/fonts/text size and pictures gets too much.
However, for a creative industry job, Graphic design, product design, music industry - it would probably work well.
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Brett
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That'd get binned in engineering for sure. Most agents will reformat your CV in their own style anyway and that'd just make it difficult. I can see how it'd be appealing for a graphics job, etc. tho, quite cool.
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Dom
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Current one was designed nearly two years ago when applying for placement jobs at uni (audio/music industry) and it was a bit of a "sod it and see" approach, and it paid off to a certain extent. But i'm not sure whether it's a little bit over the mark/line now (now that i'm out of uni) when applying for technical AV/Audio jobs, especially when applying for jobs in academic institutes (uni etc)?
I'm thinking about just getting a well formatted CV put together, but at the same time i think it looks pretty damn boring and it must be mind-numbing sifting through 10/100s of black and white CVs.
[Edited on 21-10-2009 by Dom]
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Brett
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Totally depends on what you're going for I suppose. Usually it's about experience and work history rather than how pretty your CV is. Saying that, I thought it was a strange that a mate put his photo on his CV and apparently that got him the job. That was in IT too.
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Ellis
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When I was applying for jobs I usually put the company logo in the footer of the page, or watermarked it onto the page itself.
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stuartmitchell
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I view upwards of 50 Cv's a day and I just like them well laid out in balck and white myself. Most cdompanies will put them in their own format anyway!
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ed
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Depends on the job you're looking for. In the works of a lecturer at my university who runs his own design consultancy "if you want a boring job, make a boring CV. If you want a creative job, make a creative CV".
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JonnyJ
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If i was applying for a Graphic design job and sent in a black and white cv, typed up in word and printed on A4, it would go into the bin
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