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They look nice. In my experience clean/light CV's are by far the best for almost every job - particularly engineering jobs. The exception being designers. Wha
by ErrantX 15y ago
They look nice.
In my experience clean/light CV's are by far the best for almost every job - particularly engineering jobs. The exception being designers.
What sort of CV's are you seeing come in?
I know quite a few HR types who will find a snazzy looking CV and instantly demote it, on the basis that the sizzle is probably hiding some inadequacy (this is not necessarily a bad marker in my experience).
It would be interesting to see if the investment in this pays off for the candidate - whether the really high quality of the design flips it over that danger marker.
- dcaldwell 15y agoWe've been surprised at the variety of professions coming in. There haven't been any real trends yet - we've had everything from CFOs to college students to marketers to folks in the legal field. We originally thought we'd see mostly careers that had an appreciation for design but where the job seeker wasn't necessarily a designer (like photographers or people in the music industry) as well as marketers. I guess that goes to show you don't always know your customer until you start selling
- underwater 15y agoI'm not surprised you aren't seeing design types. A prebuilt template for that kind of position would be and instant red flag. Not to mention a merely "pretty" resume template would look bland amongst bespoke, polished portfolios and resumes.
- underwater 15y agoInterestingy filtering results like that is the complete opposite of what the recent "I don't hire unlucky people." post suggested (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3804134 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3804134). This is also the stuff that gives job seekers nightmares. The whole process is already a black box and knowing that some (or all?) employers penalize resumes that are trying too hard just adds more noise to the many conflicting pieces of information candidates have to consider.
- ErrantX 15y agoI read that post with interest. It certainly makes some good points. the typo example, certainly. However; in my experience, certain things do automatically mark out a cv as a poor fit - one of which is "too flashy". This is born out of originally giving everyone a read/shot and finding the flashy ones were, every time, not so good. I dont agree it is a black box btw; if you do a little googling the advice is fairly standard - keep it to 2 pages, keep it clean and readable, 12pt font. The idea of fitting a standard model is a good one; making the recruiters life easy is a good thing, and a different looking CV can interrupt your workflow.
- res 15y agoI was curious about this. As a student who will be applying for an engineering job one day, I'm not sure what the rules are when it comes to resumes, but I had a feeling that flashy was not the way to go. That said, some of these look really good. My favorites are the Stars and the Shearling Point options, both of which are just subtle enough for my tastes. Best of luck to Mr. Caldwell in his future endeavors.
- chlee 15y agoFrom what I've heard from my recruiter friends, you want to prioritize flow, readability, and scan-ability over flashy. Recruiters are often at-times swamped with thousands of resumes (and even more at big companies). They'll spend at most 5 minutes scanning your resume to see if you are a good fit.