While the unique designs have been appreciated by netizens, is it worth going for it?
Aditya Sharma, CEO of Highconsulter – a “career accelerator that leverages technology to get you more interviews”, has managed to grab attention by sharing unique CV designs. The latest innovation from Sharma is a CV designed as an Amazon product page. The CV was created using Figma, a designing website.
“Getting an interview call from Amazon is tough. So, I tried to be creative with my resume," wrote Sharma while sharing the design on LinkedIn. "Do you think this will catch the attention of recruiters? I would appreciate your feedback. If you need editable version of this resume and create one for yourself, please comment your email id below. I'd be happy to share it with you."
The CEO later wrote, "This post went viral, and I never expected people would love this template so much." Trying my best to reach you with
He said, "I've emailed the editable template to the first 2000 comments and will send it to the rest sometime this week." "Thanks for your patience, and don't hesitate to let me know what other templates you'd like to make. Comment the company name and I'll create a template in the next few days. Cheers!"
Sharma is the same person who previously designed his CV as a Netflix page. He also offered to share an editable version of the same. Aditya's 'Netflix' resume had a 'red-on-black' design. Some users complained that the information was unclear. Others praised Aditya for his creativity. However, not everyone is in favor of such bold ways to attract the attention of recruiters.
“Avoid gimmick-style CVs. Content is key. Color and not wacky design. A strong personal profile is needed. Lots of pointless info out there (like 5 stars per role)," wrote one user. "My eyes are squinting trying to find relevant info instead of pushing it. Your post can go viral and get noticed that way. But in case others want to use the same CV/Resume format. Avoid."
Another user echoed similar sentiments around the innovative CV design. "Resume First" is read and filtered by a machine (text extraction, ATS algorithm) before it reaches a human's desk. For this reason, 1) prioritize text content that gives you OCR advantage, 2) prioritize formatting that gets in the way (eg pictures/graphics/colors, fancy fonts, columns). Simply put: less is more. Hth," the user wrote.
“This resume will not pass the ATS system that most companies use. Recruiters can't manually review every resume and a machine can't parse this resume," wrote another user who is a Product Manager at Meta.
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