Creative CVs

In today's lesson with Terri, we started off by making a generic CV, what's expected in many job roles. The one I made is below:

 

We then began looking at different creative CVs. We talked about how due to the industry we want to go in it would be beneficial to make a creative Curriculum Vitae. Having a Creative CV represents who you are as a person, and therefore shows you as an originative character. Sometimes, having a black and white CV isn't what a company wants to see, and so by using colour, by using interesting layouts, it makes you seem very refreshing, very unique, which could potentially give you the upper hand when it comes to job opportunity.

This is an example of a normal CV, probably done by someone going into an office job rather than a creative job. It lists all skills and qualifications which is acceptable for the role this person is wanting to go into. It's professional and includes everything needed, yet it does lack colour and creativity because it's just a basic black and white template, no border, no colour, just the text needed by the company. The CV doesn't speak to the employer about their personality which the employer may prefer, however an employer with a more creative background may be disappointed by the CV an interviewee has created. An advantage of this is that the name is the first thing an employer will see due to the continual theory of reading left to right. The reader will automatically read the name first, and so this will therefore be the most important thing on the Curriculum Vitae. Not only this but it does look clean, structured in a tidy way with no clashes. It's not muddled, therefore not taking the employers attention to anything other than the text.







Below are some examples of Creative CVs found on Pinterest;

These CVs are much more aesthetically pleasing for someone looking for a place to work that involves creativity.

The one on the left shows a rate of how good you are at certain things, making this interesting for the employer to have a look at. As for the middle one, using an animated picture is incredibly clever, reflecting how they are as a person. All 3 of these have astutely used colours, for example the 3rd CV is soft, and portrays the person to be friendly and easy going. So instead of using black and white, we've learned how colours can actually show who you are as a person, which, in a creative environment, works excellently.

Terri has taught us how using a creative CV is what some industries want to see. It represents your personality much more than a black and white basic CV. Creative CVs aren't boring, therefore entertaining the employer and making them want to hire you to work with them.

We've used many skills today, involving team work, by finding many different CVs, both normal and creative. Not only this but we've been independent, finding even more creative CVs to include in this blog. We added these to our boards on Pinterest, looking to them for inspiration. It's incredibly enlivening looking to these examples as inspiration, giving us an idea for when we make our own in time to come.