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Subject:Re: Interesting use of infographics for a resume From:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:34:08 -0700
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> 1. Would you say that the creator would have been better off if she or he
> had done a simple/basic resume?
If he has to go through any sort of recruiting agency or multi-tiered HR
structure, the original piece wouldn't stand a chance, IMO.
> 2. Do you think he/she has been hired for anything? I.e., do you think the
> quality prevented being hired?
No idea.
>
> 3. If all the defects you've mentioned were fixed, would you hire the
> person (given an opening) or at least interview her/him?
In a prior postion as the maktg director for a small software and services
firm, where I was manually eyeballing resumes and calling the shots, this
would have made the top of the A pile. The ingenuity is very appealing, but
as many have noted, even something as minor as an e-mail address can raise
doubts. And had I been in this position and noted the lossiness of the data,
et al., I probably would have grilled the guy—with some deliberate
misleading questions that beg for corrections—to truly test his knowledge of
both conventional and digital graphics arts.
> Chris
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