This week somehow has been a catalyst for change. I spent Monday afternoon updating, restyling and reconsidering my CV, then spent the majority of Tuesday redesigning my bedroom. What inspired me for all these changes I don’t really know however I am currently embracing the satisfaction that the completion of a challenging brings.
For a while I have been meaning to update my CV. It is an activity which regular tweaking would relieve the burden of bringing a CV up to date with ones personal achievements and qualifications. In addition to the content of the CV, I had also considered its presentation. Over the course of our lectures, students in the school of Design are widely encouraged to use design in all that we do. To create powerful and imaginative designs which will stimulate and encourage results. This was in the forefront of my mind whilst designing my CV and well as Seth Godin’s ‘Purple Cow’ concept; that if you see a purple cow in the middle of a field it is likely that you would notice and remember it.
Following several hours playing around on Adobe InDesign trying to decide on a format which I liked, I finally finished my CV and its design. Whilst aiming to create a CV which would forge a lasting impression I’m undecided whether the design would realistically improve my chance of securing work or put it in jeopardy.
Furthermore, distributing a CV to design based professions makes me wonder is a regular, typed CV enough nowadays? In the society where anything less than 3A’s for A level is barely celebrated, how can non-assessed talent be shown through your CV to get you the next placement or job which will make employers take notice.
I need to carefully consider this version of my CV and seek feedback from my lecturers however the experience of redesigning my CV has overall been very valuable, not only is my CV up-to-date, I have really had the chance to think about layout, audience and design in a way that I previously hadn’t. It gives me a unique starting point if I choose to modify it again and a lesson for the next time.
