we're gonna talk about how to build a
stand out resume for designers and out
resume why is that important you don't
really need a resume to get a job in the
design industry but it's also very
helpful just to have one in hand the
first thing in the resume is to have
everything listed out in reverse
chronological order in some cases the
most recent might be the most relevant
right right okay and the next thing is
to be consistent I think this is very
key especially if you're applying as a
designer because as designers what do we
do we organize information we make sense
of things and we have to pay attention
to details so if you get sloppy on your
resume that's the first impression that
somebody's gonna see in like mmm this
person didn't really think this all the
way through they didn't think their
system out so it's very important to be
consistent in everything that you do as
a designer and in the contact info you
should be including your name website
portfolio link your email and phone
number those are the four key contact
info and for education people often just
put their college and university for
education but this is also a space where
you can put let's say if you went to the
Adobe MAX conference that's something
that you can include under the education
section I think one key thing about this
is even if you've graduated college and
it shows that you're persistently
learning constantly learning at and
another section that you should include
in your resume is the awards and
recognition and here you can put if you
were featured in a gallery if you're on
a dings list if you received a certain
scholarship if you were interviewed or
you know featured on some website or
anything that you're recognized some of
these things are actually quite nice
especially if it's a you know a third
party if it's outside of your school
it's kind of nice and there's plenty of
organizations compass competitions and
things where you could submit your work
so it might be nice to add a cup
notches on your belt to show that you've
been recognized by the design community
at large and also the last section is
your skills and here you can put your
software skills or hardware skills so
the software skills will be the things
you know the Adobe suite cinema rhino or
whatever and you can also put machinery
skills like if you know laser cutting
sewing book binding those are skills too
and this is optional you can also put
personal interests I wouldn't list down
all the things that you're interested in
but it's just to show them foyers what
you're a little personality this is
where you can just add a little bit of
you in the resume and something I'm
gonna talk about the do's and don'ts so
don't include an objective statement so
I guess the asterisk here is don't put
an objective statement that says I want
to get a job right you don't want to do
anything to do like that but I think if
there is something clear that helps make
it a little bit more distinct about and
what your goal is with your entry for
potential employment then you could put
something very very pretty out there and
don't include proficiency levels and
skills this is what we're talking about
where they have a full bar kind of like
zero to a hundred and they'll miss down
like right here at the Photoshop it's
almost to a hundred and it's just
confusing to me because I think there's
so much to learn in Photoshop especially
After Effects there's so many plugins
there's never an a hundred percent and
also don't be overly creative I put this
in quotation marks because I have a
certain definition for them they look
like this where they kind of look like
infographics they're just it's too many
tricks in the resume all right all right
so recap Emily what are the most
important things that our audience
should be walking away with today as
they go and make their resumes I think
the main objective is to keep it simple
keep it consistent and also legible I'm
for three key things that you need to
overall should be in a resume right I
think that's the design aspect from it
as far as them
the content of it it's very important to
curate and edit down only show me what's
relevant and customize it for the
employer because different employers are
going to look for different things and
don't just send out a generic resume
personalize it for that particular
alright studio or agency that you're
applying for
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