Ideas for improvements - CV layout - online design

black-ops · 3 Nov 2011 at 22:00

Okay,
So I have designed my CV as an actual image rather than a plain text document that I can send to people - hopefully, this will be used instead on my website when I want to send my CV to people.

Anyway,

My idea thus far is to go with some typography style CV.

Can anyone recommend to me what I could perhaps add to this typography to give it some more depth - or have I over-done it maybe?

Kind regards,

Black-ops.

Ekim · 3 Nov 2011 at 22:13

Your CV doesn't really tell me enough about you. Plus it is hard work to actually get the information out of it, there is no logical order to it so I don't know where to look first.

Randomface74 · 3 Nov 2011 at 22:14

I wouldn't put drinking on your list of hobbies!

but...

The whole idea is flawed because CVs MUST be plain text to make them searchable, reformattable, printable, etc...

Word documents only!

black-ops · 3 Nov 2011 at 22:16

billysielu said:
I wouldn't put drinking on your list of hobbies!

but...

The whole idea is flawed because CVs MUST be plain text to make them searchable, reformattable, printable, etc...

Word documents only!

Sorry, didn't explain enough, it was going to be a general print design with a CV esque to it. It wasn't going to be searchable - the plain text one is written up but has too much information to stick on some random typography

Limenote · 3 Nov 2011 at 23:18

not much to say except for I always wonder about the success rates with a CV like this, im not a recruiter but it gives me a bit of a headache trying to extract information (no disrespect just being honest)

Chanc3 · 4 Nov 2011 at 10:40

What sort of job are you aiming at? Something with "design" in the job title?

Looks a bit plain to me - add some more colour perhaps?

8t10 · 4 Nov 2011 at 11:28

I like CVs like this. That play about. (No authority on it though).

The websites are level, but nothing else is.
I assume your degree is Creative Computing and Counter Strike?

Also you put your degree of knowledge on the programming, but not for the web.

Is the box on its side maybe just too boxy? A squished diamond might work better, one wouldn't have to tilt their head so far to read it.

lookitsjonno · 4 Nov 2011 at 11:33

i personally like it, but CV's like this are far too subjective

Rikki · 4 Nov 2011 at 11:38

Take it you saw this or something similar?

http://creativenerds.co.uk/inspirat...igns-which-will-amaze-any-potential-employer/

simisker · 4 Nov 2011 at 12:14

Sticking my two-penny oar in...

1. You could do that layout as semantic HTML - with all the benefits that that entails - through use of webfonts and CSS transforms.

2. You list typography as a key weapon in your arsenal, and the impact of the design is totally dependent upon careful typeface choice... but of all the typefaces you could have chosen, you go for the functional-but-ubiquitous Verdana! Bit of a wasted opportunity to show some creativity and typeface knowledge there.

3. On the subject of typography, the lack of kerning in your display text is disappointing [the 'A' seems to be the main culprit]. What this says to me, as an owner of a small design agency, is "yeah, he's not that bothered about typography really, is he? I wonder if his other claims are all he's cracked them up to be".

4. "Drinking with friends"?! I appreciate that design isn't a dull, reactionary desk-jockey job, so you've got some leeway for informality; your honesty is also to be commended. This, however, is a tad too honest, I feel

Overall, though, I commend you for wanting to do something a bit different. If I were hiring and received this, I wouldn't immediately put it in the bin, but neither would it get put in the "definitely follow up" pile.

GravyMonster · 4 Nov 2011 at 12:26

Having a CV like this will only work if you submit it to various site which compile lists of interesting designs, such as Smashing Magazine or Design Follow. And even then, they will only serve to increase traffic to your website.

If you're actually looking for a potential employer to find that and learna bout you from it, it's probably not the best way to go.

sidethink · 4 Nov 2011 at 14:13

Spunkey said:
Having a CV like this will only work if you submit it to various site which compile lists of interesting designs, such as Smashing Magazine or Design Follow. And even then, they will only serve to increase traffic to your website.

If you're actually looking for a potential employer to find that and learna bout you from it, it's probably not the best way to go.

THIS!! If you want a job from a traditional employer or via a traditional recruitment method then you will need a CV in Word or RTF layout for them to consume - anything else is just going to get ignored. A large amount of companies now use recruitment applications (like Taleo) that suck in Word CVs and parse them against job criteria to semi automate short listing. Your approach wont help you there.

If you're trying to get work as a designer/developer and that image is going to be on your website, it might serve some purpose I suppose. But I'd be more interested in your portfolio of work in all likelihood.

spenncerr · 7 Nov 2011 at 17:15

I'd stick with a similar design, but slanted text in my opinion is a no no. Try and make it a lot more readable (horizontal text) and you'll be on to a winner.

Sherbs · 8 Nov 2011 at 19:07

Didn't read the other comments but, function before form.

Yours is the other way around.