Question:
Does anyone have a few good links for fresh, unique resume ideas? While I'm
perfectly capable of creating effective text, I always am curious what other
people are doing "to get noticed."
Answer:
-I knew a guy that silk-screened his resume onto tee-shirts. He
got an interview everywhere that he placed a resume simply
because folks just wanted to meet the guy that would do something
like that.
-If you are getting lots of interviews and jobs, then it must be
accomplishing most of it's intent so your obviously doing enough
things right! I'm guessing that since your skills in presentation
and documenting tools are important in your job, then using the
resume as a place to show them off can always be a good idea.
Sort of like the guy I mentioned that silk screened his resume
onto T-shirts to hand out. He was looking for a job in Marketing
and the tactic worked well for him (100% of resumes placed
resulted in interviews)
When I was working as a software engineer for several years, I
used to rigorously structure my resume with efficient use of
white space in a programming-like fashion that would appeal to
software managers, since they are used to reading software all
the time. I wanted my attention to rigor and structure to be
evident in my work.
However, even with the success you have, you always need to ask
the question, "Am I eliminating myself from jobs I don't want to
be eliminated from because of my resume?"
For example, in the areas I look, many, many resumes are
optically scanned into a computer and the inital step of
elimination is done by a program. Even if you give your resume to
a friend who knows that hiring manager, the corporate structure
is that it will have to be scanned in to make it compatible with
HR's recording system. If your resume is not scanner and OCR
friendly, you will NEVER get to first base
