My ‘Infographic’ CV

At the time of writing this I am coming towards the end of my MSc course and am expected to begin searching for a job for after I graduate.

In my experience the whole searching and applying for jobs experience takes a lot of motivation to do properly, especially if you’re customising your CV and writing individual cover-letters for each job.

I was recently looking through the internet at ways I could make my CV standout when applying for jobs and came across the idea of an ‘infographic’ CV. Usually ‘infographics’ themselves are used to relay large amounts of information in an attractive way, and some do so really effectively in their use of graphs and imaginative charts.

This classic example of an infographic CV by Chris Spurlock who apparently got a lot of job offers when he spread it around the social ‘blogosphere’. Since then there have been loads more people who have adapted their CVs in an incredible variety of styles (check out this page on coolinfographics.com for examples of some great ones).

Even though most of these CVs are for people working in some kind of design industry, I found myself with a spare afternoon and thought I’d give it a go myself! Using some of the infographic CVs I’d seen as inspiration, I knocked this infographic of my CV up using GIMP. I’m quite proud of it as it’s my first attempt, let me know what you think!

(Obviously it’s not my real details, but you get the idea).

Hope you enjoy it and may find it useful. Always a pleasure.

Ste