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Browsing through their gallery of templates I found this lovely material CV/resume https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/material-cv/rnrnhvmfxyrw https://ww

by blfr 9y ago

Browsing through their gallery of templates I found this lovely material CV/resume https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/material-cv/rnrnhvmfxyrw https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/material-cv/rnrnhvm... Does it look very unprofessional or just slightly? I'm not actively looking but I like to have something up-to-date to send when people ask and this is tempting.

ATsch 9y ago
Personally, I think it looks unprofessional. It's often hard to not cross the border from Material Design to Fisher Price, and in this case I think they crossed it a bit.
- ClassyJacket 9y ago
  Material design was so nice when they showed off images on the website advertising Google IO, and had shadows and subtle textures on things. It turned out it was just using the MSPaint filled rectangle tool with bright colours. And then spacing everything so far apart that your 6.5" phone screen is pointless.
imafish 9y ago
I think it is quite ugly. I have been using this plain modern cv template, which has gained me a few compliments :) https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/modern-cv-and-cover-letter-2015-version/sttkgjcysttn https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/modern-cv-and-cover...
wpietri 9y ago
Unless I'm hiring for a position where design sensibility matters, I actively ignore things that are down to personal taste. But personally I find the colors way too loud, and I would question burning a lot of space on an image unless it was strongly relevant somehow. I think the major function of a resume is to get you to the next stage. If this is for people who are asking you for something, then you already have their interest; getting to the next stage is about maintaining that interest. In that context, having something eye-catching and polarizing has little positive value and substantial risk. (If you were submitting paper resumes into a slush pile, getting attention can be more worth the risk, though.) So in your shoes I wouldn't do it.

by blfr 9y ago

ATsch 9y ago

Personally, I think it looks unprofessional. It's often hard to not cross the border from Material Design to Fisher Price, and in this case I think they crossed it a bit.

ClassyJacket 9y ago
Material design was so nice when they showed off images on the website advertising Google IO, and had shadows and subtle textures on things. It turned out it was just using the MSPaint filled rectangle tool with bright colours. And then spacing everything so far apart that your 6.5" phone screen is pointless.

imafish 9y ago

I think it is quite ugly. I have been using this plain modern cv template, which has gained me a few compliments :) https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/modern-cv-and-cover-letter-2015-version/sttkgjcysttn https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/modern-cv-and-cover...

wpietri 9y ago

Unless I'm hiring for a position where design sensibility matters, I actively ignore things that are down to personal taste. But personally I find the colors way too loud, and I would question burning a lot of space on an image unless it was strongly relevant somehow. I think the major function of a resume is to get you to the next stage. If this is for people who are asking you for something, then you already have their interest; getting to the next stage is about maintaining that interest. In that context, having something eye-catching and polarizing has little positive value and substantial risk. (If you were submitting paper resumes into a slush pile, getting attention can be more worth the risk, though.) So in your shoes I wouldn't do it.