Month: January 2022

The purpose of a graphic designer resume If you are graphic designer about to prepare your resume, graphic skills are no substitute for content. Think about it...if you were a sculptor you wouldn’t just ship a statue as proof of your abilities...instead, along with your written resume, you would include photographs of your best works, preferably those winning exhibition awards. Similarly, a graphic designer resume is not poster art overly illustrated with images, but should rely more on written history of education, training, employment, freelance experience, testimonials by satisfied clients, and other verifiable details. Then you would include your portfolio, either in print or digital, to validate your background presented in the resume and cover letter. The main goal of your graphic designer resume and cover letter is to showcase your creativity and to convince the employer that you are suited to the job. Potential employers, whether corporations with art departments, schools hiring teachers, or galleries looking for curators, look for artistic designers with...

CV Versus a Resume Definition A CV is the abbreviation for curriculum vitae, or Latin for "course of life." A CV is a formal written overview of a person's entire life's achievements. A resume, usually written “résumé,” is French for “summary” as in brief account of a person’s education, qualifications, and previous experience. Both are typically submitted with job applications. A resume is commonly used in the U.S.A. and only includes college education, and employment from the last 10-12 years ideally, but can go back 15 years if the older positions are relevant to the new position being pursued. A CV is usually used outside the U.S. and includes all education and all employment, thus encompassing “entire” life achievements. One exception is the American CV which is used in the academic, art and science fields, and includes listings of exhibitions, presentations, publications, and research. An American CV is also the form adapted to a Federal resume which, unlike a standard resume, includes full addresses of...

Lying on Your Resume is a Big No-No Why lying on your resume is a very bad idea and can hurt you on the long run. The resume screening process is a long and arduous one. Years ago, recruiters sifted through stacks of resumeés to separate those most qualified for a particular position. Now, resumes are entered digitally via scanning or online submission and computer algorithms do the initial sifting. Only the winning few that contain key words matching the qualifications will make it to the recruiter, hopefully resulting in the applicants to interview. Lying on Your Resume is a Bad Idea Before going any further, it is important to emphasize – It is never ever a good idea of lying on your resume, because even the smallest, seemingly innocuous ones have a way of tripping you up. If discovered, you are discredited because if you lie about one thing, nothing you say is trusted and, worse still, on the job chances...