5 creative elements NOT to have on your modern resume design
While the design of a modern resume might offer more unique and creative ways to showcase your experience, many resume templates are adding unnecessary and even unprofessional additions to your resume.
Whether you buy a template off of Etsy or create your own, your resume design should avoid the following design elements.
5 Graphic design elements on how to make a creative, modern resume design
How are you designing your modern creative resume?
Resumes haven’t changed much over the years, but their design has shifted recently. A modern, creative resume design helps readers see more on a visual level than previous traditional resumes.
New design elements have been making an impact on this new modern design style for creative resumes. Here are a few to take note of when you need to rework your resume.
Are business cards dead? — How to design a custom business card
When’s the last time you needed your business card or, better yet, received a business card?
Your business card should direct your contacts where you want them to go.
Gone are the days where your business card can make an impact solely with your address, email, and phone number. You need to show your network what they should be doing with your information and how it will help them.
Why I choose moo.com for my creative business materials
It wasn’t until I received my first set of business cards and my name tag that I felt official in my new position.
You can say I had acclimated to my desk amicably. My coworkers were great and my boss was helpful as well as reassuring. I was on the payroll. There’s nothing to say that I wasn’t official in my new position.
But having those small, little tokens that helped you be visually a part of the company you’re connected to, helped me associate with the company.
Why I chose not to focus on all of the social media platforms for my business
When I first started my business, I tried to maintain accounts on all social media platforms. I quickly realized I wasn’t cut out to maintain 5 different social media accounts on different platforms.
So, I did the next best thing. I downsized.
Instead of maintaining 5 different social media accounts, I focused on 2-3 accounts.
What qualities should you think about for your ideal client?
When working on defining your target audience, you should be thinking about one person. If you were able to pluck one individual from your target audience that would use your product or service, what would that person look like? What would they do? What do they want from your business?
Here are a few questions to ask yourself when determining your ideal client.
Soft skills are highly desired in today’s professional industries.
Many work environments look for hard and technically learned skill sets but soft skills tend to hold more power over positions. It’s important to know hard skills, like Adobe Creative Suite or book-keeping software, but your soft skills show how you work with others, whether that be a client or a coworker.