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There are two assumptions in your post that I'd like to point out, and poke some holes in. First, you seem to be missing the actual point of a resume. No one m
by russelluresti 13y ago
There are two assumptions in your post that I'd like to point out, and poke some holes in.
First, you seem to be missing the actual point of a resume. No one makes decisions on who to HIRE based on a resume. The point of a resume is to get an INTERVIEW. Your resume could actually lack any details of the normal stuff that goes on one (education, experience, skills, etc) - but as long as what you provide gets you that interview then it's done its job. As someone who's done interviewing at interactive agencies, if I saw this I'd probably set up an interview.
The second is your assumption about the purpose of a resume's design. Your thinking lies all on the company's side - making things easier for the recruiter and facilitating understanding of the reader; allow me to offer an alternate line of thinking. In an interview, it's not just the company determining if it wants to hire the prospect; it's also the prospect determining if she/he wants to work at that company. This resume has taken that to a step earlier. This person is purposely making his resume more creative and "difficult" to weed out prospective employers that don't value those things (this is actually something I do as well, though not to this extent). This person obviously wants to work for a very specific type of company and doesn't want to waste his time interviewing at companies that don't match his desire (like companies that use recruiters or where resumes go directly to HR people instead of hiring managers). So I'd argue that the design of his resume is specifically working very well at weeding out places where he wouldn't want to work and attracting the attention of places he would like to work.
- alan_cx 13y agoPoint one. No, I never said or implied what you are saying. Point two. That is frankly so convoluted, I can only assume you just want to oppose what Im saying, but honestly don't know why.
- russelluresti 13y agoPoint one - yes you did. You specifically mentioned comparing people based on resumes. You don't compare people when determining who to interview - you only compare people when determining who to hire. Point two - how is it convoluted that a person would want to target his resume to a specific type of company? Customizing your resume for the company you want to work for is the first basic principle in writing a resume. He just does it in such a way to also exclude companies he wouldn't want to work for.
- alan_cx 13y agoP1. Now you have changed your point. You said that I said no one hires based on a resume, and I did not say they did. P2. Same again. You are making up yet another scenario.
- russelluresti 13y agoYou're either doing a very good job of trolling me or you have a serious reading comprehension problem. They are not different scenarios at all. Just because I didn't use the exact same words to describe them doesn't mean I'm not describing the same concept. Customizing your design to target the employers you want is the equivalent of customizing your design to weed out the employers you do not want. His design is meant to weed out employers that do not value the same things he does; this means his design is meant to attract the employers that do value the same things he does. These things are equivalent and they are the same concept described in both posts.