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Visual Personal Branding & Infographic Resumes
The document discusses visual personal branding and the use of infographic resumes, highlighting their advantages such as improved understanding and memorability. It emphasizes the importance of visual elements in personal branding and the risks associated with ineffective designs. Key points include tips for crafting successful infographic resumes and considerations for usage in various professional contexts.
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- 57. Infographic Resumes Use infographics andvisual design to market yourself.
- 58. The Resume Problem? •Hundreds of candidates for a single role • Candidates overstuff their resumes • Too much text buries the important information • Nothing stands out “No way to tell at a glance that a candidate might be interesting” - Mike Harding, Co-Founder re.vu
- 59. Infographic Resume “A visualaccount of an individual’s history and abilities that uses data visualization design to communicate key portions of a job candidate’s skills, history, education, or other relevant information.” Cool Infographics By Randy Krum DEFINITION:
- 60. Advantages of InfographicResumes? • Easier to understand • Quick to communicate top attributes • Provides Context • 65% More likely to be remembered than text • Tells a story • Stands out from text-only resumes
- 61. What’s the Risk? •Visually unappealing • Visualize data incorrectly • Fail to visualize the relevant information • Confuse the reader with too many visualizations • Highlight the wrong attributes for the position • Use an inappropriate design tone
- 62. When is appropriateto use an Infographic Resume? In Person • Job/Career Fairs • Interviews • Networking Events Online • LinkedIN • Personal Homepage • Portfolio Site • Social Media Sites
- 63. WARNING! Inaccurate visuals canKILL your personal credibility!
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- 67. • One ofthe 1st to go viral (2008) • Featured on popular sites • Fast Company • Mashable • Business Insider • FlowingData • Cool Infographics
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- 97. Timelines • Education • Differentcompanies • Holding different roles • Volunteer for organization • Using software applications • Major Career Milestones
- 101. Skills • Training received •Software proficiency • Key skills • Public speaking • Web design • User experience • Major Achievements or Awards Visualized relative to each other
- 104. Geography • Where haveyou lived & worked? • Foreign languages? • Time spent in each location?
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