{"id":1810,"date":"2010-06-27T03:15:08","date_gmt":"2010-06-27T07:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/?p=1810"},"modified":"2013-08-02T22:58:18","modified_gmt":"2013-08-03T02:58:18","slug":"resumes-that-stand-out-the-right-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/27\/resumes-that-stand-out-the-right-way\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u00c3\u00a9sum\u00c3\u00a9s That Stand Out the Right Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/72213316@N00\/4562536400\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Catwoman being interviewed photo by Alaskan Dude\" src=\"\/blog\/2010\/06\/27-resume.jpg\" width=\"194\" height=\"240\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"12\" vspace=\"6\" \/><\/a>There are right ways to dress for a job interview. Sure, you want to stand out to an extent. You don\u2019t want to blend into the sea of suits that march before the hiring committee. But, um, you don\u2019t want to stand out for the wrong reasons. Probably shouldn\u2019t wear a catwoman costume to an interview for at an engineering firm.<\/p>\n<p>The same advice applies to r\u00c3\u00a9sum\u00c3\u00a9s. When I talk about r\u00c3\u00a9sum\u00c3\u00a9s with students, I do encourage them to do things that will make themselves stand out a little.<\/p>\n<p>Traditional r\u00c3\u00a9sum\u00c3\u00a9s can get very boring when you\u2019re reading through a stack of 20 or 30 of them. If students can make themselves stand out, they have a better chance of being noticed\u2013and we all know that being noticed can lead to getting that job.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just as important, though, to talk about <strong>how audience comes into play in preparing r\u00c3\u00a9sum\u00c3\u00a9s<\/strong>. You can teach this lesson quickly and clearly with the <a href=\"http:\/\/dzineblog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dzine blog<\/a> collection of \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/dzineblog.com\/2010\/04\/27-examples-of-impressive-resumecv-designs.html\" target=\"_blank\">27 Examples of Impressive Resume(CV) Designs<\/a>,\u201d which my friend <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Alliegator8u\" target=\"_blank\">@Alliegator8u<\/a> found and shared.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go over r\u00c3\u00a9sum\u00c3\u00a9s as you normally would, exploring more traditional examples in your text or online.<\/li>\n<li>Share the <a href=\"http:\/\/dzineblog.com\/2010\/04\/27-examples-of-impressive-resumecv-designs.html\" target=\"_blank\">DZine collection of r\u00c3\u00a9sum\u00c3\u00a9s<\/a> with students and encourage general feedback and discussion. You can click on the r\u00c3\u00a9sum\u00c3\u00a9s to see larger versions.<\/li>\n<li>Once general discussion dies down, ask students to think about the jobs that they would apply for themselves. You might group students with like career goals for this project. Have students brainstorm some details about the positions and companies they will send resumes to. Emphasize that students are effectively completing an audience analysis for these companies.<\/li>\n<li>Return to the <a href=\"http:\/\/dzineblog.com\/2010\/04\/27-examples-of-impressive-resumecv-designs.html\" target=\"_blank\">DZine collection of r\u00c3\u00a9sum\u00c3\u00a9s<\/a>. With their audience analysis in mind, ask students to identify which of the r\u00c3\u00a9sum\u00c3\u00a9s might stand out and still fit with the needs and expectations of the audience companies. Encourage students to read through the comments on the page for some interesting discussion as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s likely that some of the more intriguing DZine r\u00c3\u00a9sum\u00c3\u00a9s will be inappropriate. While they are clever and eye-catching, most of the r\u00c3\u00a9sum\u00c3\u00a9s are suited only for edgier graphic design positions and companies.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think I\u2019d encourage <a href=\"http:\/\/mrsunnyblack.deviantart.com\/art\/My-Graphic-Design-Resume-127274547\" target=\"_blank\">MrSunnyBlack<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/sofiane42.deviantart.com\/art\/curriculum-vitate-97499366\" target=\"_blank\">Sofiane42<\/a> to send those r\u00c3\u00a9sum\u00c3\u00a9s to a conservative company. But <a href=\"http:\/\/kenji2030.deviantart.com\/art\/kenjiBoy-resume-55162268\" target=\"_blank\">Kenji2030<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ungraphic.com\/online\/hireme\/kamilmytnik.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Kamilmytnik<\/a> might have a reasonable mix of traditional elements and \u201cwow\u201d design that would let their r\u00c3\u00a9sum\u00c3\u00a9s stand out without ending up in the decline pile. As the r\u00c3\u00a9sum\u00c3\u00a9s should make clear to students, it\u2019s all a matter of the audience the r\u00c3\u00a9sum\u00c3\u00a9s are presented to.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/72213316@N00\/4562536400\/\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons licensed Flickr photo by Alaskan Dude<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are right ways to dress for a job interview. Sure, you want to stand out to an extent. You don\u2019t want to blend into the sea of suits that march before the hiring committee. 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