The document discusses professional versus creative resume formats. Professional resumes follow standard formatting guidelines with the name centered at the top in a large font, while creative resumes take more risks with unusual designs but may be difficult to read or require special software. The key is balancing readability with some creative elements like varying formatting, sketching out designs first, and using multiple pages if needed. Elements to pay attention to include font sizes, headings, colors, columns and graphics. The document encourages trying new designs while still following basic guidelines for readability.

1. Professional Vs.
Creative Resumes
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2. How do I know?
• 3 years of branding + resume
• 9 years of design experience

3. Professional Resumes
• Left aligned
• One column
• Name at the top, centered, large
• Bold, italics and indentations
• Times new roman, only serif fonts

5. Creative Resumes
• Can’t Read
• Need software to make
• Need an art degree to get away with
• Don’t know if it will be successful or scare
people – Risk Factor

7. Getting the best of both worlds
• readability > creativity
• follow the basic guidelines
• Use different formatting
• Sketch it out first
• Ask for help
• Go outside the word template
• Don’t be scared of having more than 1

10. Watch out for…
• Your Audience
• Computer programs reading your resume
• Font issues (always PDF)
• Color – Printing + reasoning
• Graphic elements – Printing + reasoning

11. More Examples
• Be sure to pay attention to
– Size of name
– Size of headings
– Fonts
– Use of colors
– Number of columns
– Other graphics

32. Now you try!
• Take your resume + A piece of paper for
sketching. Always start with pencil! 
• Break your resume down into blocks and
titles, creating a hierarchy
• Using the blocks pick one focal point
(name) or creative element (logo or lines)
• Try new things!

34. Now you try - Remember:
• readability > creativity
• follow the basic guidelines
• Use Different formatting
• Be sure to pay attention to
– Size of name
– Size of headings
– Fonts
– Use of colors
– Number of columns
– Other graphics

35. Now you have a
Professional & Creative Resume!
Erin Funk | ErinFunk.com | @Erin Funk
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