Some Remarkable Résumé Designs

[svag]

http://www.noupe.com/graphics/remarkable-r-sum-designs.html

[xal]

Almost any of those resumes would get you a job offer from us (Shopify) after the most basic cultural fit evaluation.

Putting something like this together demonstrates a tremendous amount of desirable skills: Design skills, creativity, humour, but most importantly: resourcefulness, the desire to combat status quo, and the ability to ship a project and be proud enough to (literally in this case) put your name all over it.

Here is a great example of an applicant who build an entire Shopify store to get hired recently. Turned out we had the position already filled but we created a new position out of thin air just to get him. He starts on wednesday: http://mikefreeman.myshopify.com/

[sambeau → xal]

That's brilliant. "(Mike Freeman not pictured)". Make sure you look at the "Book a meeting" page.

[Maro]

If we're going to have these Resume submissions, I wish someone would post some really good ones, not this style-over-substance bullshit. Suppose you're an engineer and you're actually really good at what you're doing, what are some good examples that communicate that?

[davidedicillo → Maro]

Here's a good example http://www.feross.org/youtube-instant-media-frenzy/

[die_sekte]

Nice designs, but terrible at conveying information.

(I found the one with the box particularly funny.)

[PakG1 → die_sekte]

I think it's perfect for the target audience. Most of them, if not all of them, were for designer positions. This demonstrates their skillset for design, especially if the job is for advertising creative work.

If it's for creating functional user interfaces, maybe not as great, but I think it still achieves the overall goal of demonstrating their skillset for design work.

[dnewms → die_sekte]

True, but if I were any of them I'd just give a more readable version along with the incredibly creative one.

[davidedicillo]

This is the (never sent) resume that I prepared when I was considering to apply for Posterous http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1720553/Screenshots/3n.png

Edit: never finished and never sent

[kunjaan]

I may be getting old but if something like this came to my desk for any job besides graphical artists, I would be mildly annoyed.

[true_religion → kunjaan]

All of the resumes pictured were for graphic artists or UI designers.

I'm not sure why say an engineer would even have this skillset, much less think he or she needed to show it off while interviewing for say C# developer of the line.

[kunjaan → true_religion]

I think the S/N is too low in those resume.

[faheem]

Most of them seem over-designed.

[sambeau → faheem]

Some certainly are but they do demonstrate a lot of flair and technique.

[faheem → sambeau]

Agreed, but knowing when to stop is the hard part.