Creative CVs

CV = Curriculum Vitae = Course of Life

Summery of qualifications, interests and personal details

Should include:

• Personal details
• Education and qualifications
• Skills
• Interests
• References

Should be relevant to job

• Never lie
• No more than two pages of A4
• No errors or messy layout
• No age
• Add professional email

Task

To create a standard CV and adapt it to the Media industry. This is to compare traditional CV styles to creative CVs.

Task 2

To search for Creative CVs and show why they are good and bad

This CV uses the basic black and white colours to keep with the professional theme. This CV also uses basic shapes and themes to give a modern impression. Furthermore, Sans-Serif's fonts are used to create a crisp, sharp, modern look to the CV. Progress bars and interest icons are used to show a simple but effective way of showing the person's hobbies and other personal information. This is very informative because it shows all key information but without having to read through lots of text just to find out that they like to travel.

Source - https://www.buzzfeed.com/mallorymcinnis/hurry-hurry-hurry-get-your-resume-templates-here?sub=3692528_5106654&utm_term=.mm7ALrODLZ#.sov5XmxWXM

This CV has more colour than the other CV but manages to contain them in a professional manor. The name is big and readable at the top and there are progress bars at the side, which are split into categories and shows that the person is creative but also organised. The colours used (red, green and blue) shows colours that represent activity and motion colours. These colour implement each other really well because they are all representing the same theme. The overall design of the CV is organised and easy to understand. This CV is appropriate to the job because it shows understanding of colour theory and general graphics design.

Overview of today's objectives

Today, I have researched into currently existing Creative CVs and have evaluated these and said what is good about these and why. I have also created a traditional CV in the standard professional manor and compared this style to a creative CV style.

The skills from Project Connect I have used are:

• Development
• Self-Development
• Consistency