Resume Critque

[CkretAjint]

Most of you remember my business card from before:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1166/1266138925_ecdbba8349_o.jpg

Wel I finally got around to hopefully finishing up my letterhead/resume. Jus tlooking for some feedback on it. By now I am sure you know that I really suck with wording, spelling and grammer. So feel free to rip it apart and change things. But make sure you mention the good as well so I don't cry to hard and long! :D

Letterhead is the same thiing, minus all the resume copy on it. :p

Here it is:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1164/1397059130_3f49e40ed1_b.jpg

Here is the envelope incase you were wondering as well:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1321/1396205449_85fb9321bc.jpg


C&C Welcome!!!

[MikeTheVike]

I didn't read over anything, but as far as "looks" go, I think it looks good!

[double A-ron]

Nice work. The only things I can see at first glance and maybe it's just me, but I've always felt that your education should be listed first on a resume and then work history. The other thing, is the green text, it looks a bit light to me and may be hard to read for some people, perhaps, boldfacing the text would help.

[icekitty37]

Very impressive. I really like the simplicity being bolded with the bright green color. Only thing I might change is to put the green title text in all caps of the same size since that is how your name is.

[chrispea56]

Beautiful. Only downside is that back flap on the envelope is going to have to be printed flat and then assembled which can be expensive unless you are getting 5,000-10,000 of them.

[CkretAjint]

Beautiful. Only downside is that back flap on the envelope is going to have to be printed flat and then assembled which can be expensive unless you are getting 5,000-10,000 of them.

Honestly, I rarely use them, so I can print them out myself and glue them together. It's mostly for show, just to say I have one if I need it... :o

[morea]

lol. I like it, Ckret. Nice looking package.

[BJMRGTIVR6]

Overall I like the look of it, but agree with perhaps a Bold on the "work history", "education" etc.

Also, I found that just saying Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator is better than adding which version you know as that way when you start to know the latest version, you can tell them that in an interview. I thin by leaving it blank it means you are either knowledgable of the latest software or currently looking into it and for the most art, you know 90% of CS3 by knowing CS2.

And on another note, while you have some good copy as far as your duties, for Viacom, instead of saying you print Billboards three times over the three bullets, maybe say if these were billboards for their top shows grossing $5Mill per episode or something that says more about the outcome of what you did rather than just what you did. Plus, take a look at the "U.S.A., and Canada" parts one uses a comma one does not.

My wife's resume as a bank teller said she managed personal and business accounts and put together meetings with the Tellers. Better verbiage is to say that she Managed $23 Million in Business and personal accounts and that she had weekly Teller meetings to help them reach their goals.


Instead of saying you did this or that, say how the company benefitted from you doing these things. A company knows you should have the skills to be a Graphic Designer, you need to show them how they will benefit with you on board.

**But these are just my opinions.

[CkretAjint]

BJM(something-or-another), :p

Those are AWESOME points. I will look into making the changes once I get some free time here at work.

Thanks for the kind remarks everyone! :D

[Samakimoto Graphics]

Great advice BJM'.

I missed the visuals...but I guessing that it looked great break a leg CkretAjint :)

[wez312]

I don't know much about what should or should not be on your resume but I will tell you that I love how clean and simplistic your business card, envelope, and resume are.

The small amount of green adds just enough to make it interesting. Good job!