Images in your CV? Appropriate or not?
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Hi guys (It's been ages since I've posted here.) I've just been touching up my CV and was wondering if it would be appropriate to include some kind of graphic to convey my technical experience rather than just the usual list of words. Some samples of the kind of thing I'm thinking of: Complex.png[^] Simple.png[^] Circular.png[^] What do people think of this? Is it too complex? Would it put hiring managers off? Or would it make a CV stand out in a good way? [Edit: Thanks everyone for stopping my dumb idea before I actually did it ;) ]
Simon [Need a software dev?]
I quite like the first one, and as a hiring manager it would certainly get my attention. It speaks volumes in a clearly understandable way, but I'm not sure that most managers could be so flexible. They usually are constrained by HR types, whose tiny little compartmentalized brains are incapable of seeing anything different as a good thing. You might try working that into a business card design, though.
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I think they are unclear and tell me nothing other than you have written C# (for example) in a box or circle. What do you know about C#, how many years' experience, how have you applied it? None of that comes across.
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I quite like the first one, and as a hiring manager it would certainly get my attention. It speaks volumes in a clearly understandable way, but I'm not sure that most managers could be so flexible. They usually are constrained by HR types, whose tiny little compartmentalized brains are incapable of seeing anything different as a good thing. You might try working that into a business card design, though.
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Thanks, but you're about the only person who likes it Roger. I think you are right about it being too different for people to take value from. I was trying to come up with an idea that stood out in some way, but I don't think this is it. Interesting suggestion with the business cards, but I think it will suffer from the same issue that a CV would which is that most people would dismiss it very quickly as unprofessional. I might leave it on my website in some way though.
Simon [Need a software dev?]
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Hi guys (It's been ages since I've posted here.) I've just been touching up my CV and was wondering if it would be appropriate to include some kind of graphic to convey my technical experience rather than just the usual list of words. Some samples of the kind of thing I'm thinking of: Complex.png[^] Simple.png[^] Circular.png[^] What do people think of this? Is it too complex? Would it put hiring managers off? Or would it make a CV stand out in a good way? [Edit: Thanks everyone for stopping my dumb idea before I actually did it ;) ]
Simon [Need a software dev?]
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Hi guys (It's been ages since I've posted here.) I've just been touching up my CV and was wondering if it would be appropriate to include some kind of graphic to convey my technical experience rather than just the usual list of words. Some samples of the kind of thing I'm thinking of: Complex.png[^] Simple.png[^] Circular.png[^] What do people think of this? Is it too complex? Would it put hiring managers off? Or would it make a CV stand out in a good way? [Edit: Thanks everyone for stopping my dumb idea before I actually did it ;) ]
Simon [Need a software dev?]
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Hi guys (It's been ages since I've posted here.) I've just been touching up my CV and was wondering if it would be appropriate to include some kind of graphic to convey my technical experience rather than just the usual list of words. Some samples of the kind of thing I'm thinking of: Complex.png[^] Simple.png[^] Circular.png[^] What do people think of this? Is it too complex? Would it put hiring managers off? Or would it make a CV stand out in a good way? [Edit: Thanks everyone for stopping my dumb idea before I actually did it ;) ]
Simon [Need a software dev?]
I have multiple resumes, each targeted toward the type of position I'm applying for. I have one that I use for video game companies... I include, I think, 3 or 4 thumbnails of games I've made. They are all on the same line and take up about 10% of the page. All my other resumes are devoid of images. The images you have shown would probably not be well received by a company requiring the skillset you have shown in these images. There may be some exceptions (e.g., if you were applying for a job to work on building Visio software), but I wouldn't add those to a resume that you distribute to companies in a generic fashion. Still, you might add it to the back of your printed resume so people reviewing your resume might see it as they toss it into the trashcan. ;P I think your idea is innovative and useful, but will not be accepted by most companies in the usual manner. You might consider adding your diagrams to an online portfolio website (like mine).
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Never. They're unprofessional and irrelevant except for model/actress/whatever.
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Never.
They're unprofessional and irrelevant except for model/actress/whatever.OK, so what you're saying is a few pictures of me with my underwear on the outside would be appropriate for my resume then.
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