Thursday, 31 May 2012

IS A TRADITIONAL RESUME NOT AS IMPACTFUL ANYMORE?

IS A TRADITIONAL RESUME NOT AS IMPACTFUL ANYMORE?

Making an impression at an interview is a great step towards getting a job, but first you have to make an impression with your CV. So if your CV is dull, full of mistakes or doesn’t tell a story about you, then you’ll be overlooked and won’t even get as far as an interview anyway.

With this in mind, some people say that traditional CVs aren’t impactful and need to be jazzed up or made more visual so that they stand out.

Well, let’s take a look. The so-called traditional CV or résumé is text-based, clearly laid out and follows a classic structure, name at the top, references at the bottom, etc and it shouldn’t be more than two pages at the most.

Now, with all the ...

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