Comments on: Rebuttal: Why You Do Need a Beautiful Resume

By: John Salinger

John Salinger — Sat, 14 May 2011 16:04:01 +0000

“Scott Williamson has over 8 years of experience in recruitment technology and employee development”

Wow. Wooooowww! Eight whole years! =:O

So he’s a rookie, barely out of school. Big fat hairy deal.

By: Celia White

Celia White — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:46:21 +0000

As a personal marketer for WhiteHaus Marketing, I reconstruct resumes for my clients and your resume is your personal advertisement because you are a brand whether you admit it or not. The resume MUST sell YOU, and design along with professional wording is VITAL. You can not have one without the other. Trust me, your resume will get noticed out of the hundreds of other cookie-cutter ones that get skimmed and tossed.

By: Jacob Share

Jacob Share — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 08:38:37 +0000

Lasey- you hit the nail on the head.

By: Lasey

Lasey — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 08:55:50 +0000

As a designer it’s a no-brainer for me. How are they going to think I can design their newspaper or magazine pages if I can’t even make my own resume look interesting?

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By: robb

robb — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:50:44 +0000

LOL flashy resumes. of course one ONLY need to put important info. everything else just plain distracting.

By: isabella mori

isabella mori — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:04:24 +0000

thanks for the kind words, jacob.

i’ve sent an award your way, here: http://www.moritherapy.org/article/just-brilliant/

By: Jacob Share

Jacob Share — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:59:12 +0000

Scott has posted a follow-up: My What a Pretty Resume You Have- Revisited

By: Jacob Share

Jacob Share — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:55:58 +0000

Scott- can you point to some examples of what you consider to be properly-formatted resumes? I’m sure you could find some in my 2 posts, not all of those resumes have color or graphics.

Isabella- great, real-world advice. The best kind. It’s tempting to paste it into another Isabella Mori guest post on JobMob :)

By: isabella mori

isabella mori — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:18:59 +0000

well, well, well.

i have many years experience as an employment counsellor and have always watched very, very closely which resumes work and which don’t. i have also done hiring and assisted with hiring. so i speak from a bit of experience.

that content is hyper important in a resume is so obvious, it doesn’t need to be repeated.

let me reply to these statements:

“it doesn’t work. today’s companies use scanning and data extraction tools to field and parse your resume data into the companies database. All formatting generally is lost.”

the vast majority of jobs are with small organizations and they certainly do NOT use that technology.

plus there’s the resume that you send (email/online application) and the resume that you bring to the job interview. the latter still makes a very good impression when it’s nicely formatted and on nice paper.

” it appears desperate. getting cute to get noticed is just a tired technique.”

there’s a huge difference between getting cute and making a high-class, aesthetically pleasing presentation. would you call a woman who takes care to have her nails done before a job interview “getting cute”?

“it makes you look like you’re trying to hide something.”

i don’t get that.

and more:

OF COURSE the design needs to go with the content. an accountant applying for a job with one of the big five would do badly to have coloured text highlights and a little design on his resume.

there’s also the effect that such a resume has on the job seeker. a resume that makes you feel proud, that you can’t wait to show to everyone, is a fabulous self confidence tool.