3rdgensooner
5/18/2011, 01:27 PM
NextGen Resume: It's an Infographic (http://www.inc.com/tech-blog/nextgen-resume-its-an-infographic.html)
For most of the the thousands of college students getting their sheepskins this month and next, the months to come will likely be a sobering entrance into the job market. One graduate from the University of Missouri (http://www.inc.com/topic/University+of+Missouri), however, is moving right into his dream job at The Huffington Post (http://www.inc.com/topic/HuffingtonPost.com+Inc.). Regardless of your age or experience you might want to pay attention to how he nailed it.
Chris Spurlock (http://www.inc.com/topic/Chris+Spurlock) did it with his cleverly produced infographic resume (http://edudemic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/resume1.jpg) and some aggressive social networking thorugh Facebook (http://www.inc.com/topic/Facebook+Inc.), Twitter (http://www.inc.com/topic/Twitter+Inc.), and all the other usual suspects.
For the right field, an infographic could be just the thing to make your resume stand out in the pile. Done well, it explains who you are at a glance. Think of it as a dashboard view of your skills and work history.
Here are some examples (http://mostcreativeresumes.com/category/infographic/) (and here are some more (http://www.vizualresume.com/infographic-resume-118.html)) that you can sift through for ideas.
http://www.vizualresume.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sample-resume.jpg
For most of the the thousands of college students getting their sheepskins this month and next, the months to come will likely be a sobering entrance into the job market. One graduate from the University of Missouri (http://www.inc.com/topic/University+of+Missouri), however, is moving right into his dream job at The Huffington Post (http://www.inc.com/topic/HuffingtonPost.com+Inc.). Regardless of your age or experience you might want to pay attention to how he nailed it.
Chris Spurlock (http://www.inc.com/topic/Chris+Spurlock) did it with his cleverly produced infographic resume (http://edudemic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/resume1.jpg) and some aggressive social networking thorugh Facebook (http://www.inc.com/topic/Facebook+Inc.), Twitter (http://www.inc.com/topic/Twitter+Inc.), and all the other usual suspects.
For the right field, an infographic could be just the thing to make your resume stand out in the pile. Done well, it explains who you are at a glance. Think of it as a dashboard view of your skills and work history.
Here are some examples (http://mostcreativeresumes.com/category/infographic/) (and here are some more (http://www.vizualresume.com/infographic-resume-118.html)) that you can sift through for ideas.
http://www.vizualresume.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sample-resume.jpg