Unusual CVs Are On the Rise - Heres How They Can Get You Hired - CareerEnlightenment.com

Remember that creative CVs work best for creative jobs or companies where out-of-the-box thinking is crucial to job success. However desperate you are to land a job at an accountancy firm, sending a weird CV to a highly corporate or traditional company is likely to be regarded as an indication that you would be a bad fit for their work culture.4. Make it GoodDrawing attention to yourself is only half the battle â€" to be hired, you have to be a good candidate. A badly-done resume, regardless of how unusual it is, suggests to hiring managers that you will also be a poor worker. Don’t include graphics in your CV if you don’t have design skills. Don’t bake a resume cake if you’re a terrible cook.A poorly done unique CV will certainly stick in interviewer’s minds â€" but for all the wrong reasons. You don’t want to be the laughing stock of the office.5. Make it for Decision MakersRecruiters and HR professionals are busy people. They have very little interest in anything that makes their life more difficult, and that includes resumes which take longer to read and process because they do not conform to a standard. You might be willing to risk sending a marmite resume to a hot-shot company or individual, but recruiters who step outside of client specifications may be risking the relationship.As a rule of thumb, the more people who have to approve your quirky CV the more likely it is to be rejected.6. Make a Plan BUnusual CVs are hugely risky. Even in marketing and advertising, around two-thirds of executives would much prefer a traditional CV. Come across a hiring manager who finds quirky CVs irritating and gimmicky, and you’re likely to be rejected on the spot.Always send a traditional CV alongside your creative version. This is especially important to ensure you can counter any Applicant Tracking Software that may be being used. ATS scans documents for keywords and rejects 75% of resumes before a human ever reads them. Because unusual CVs tend to be fo rmatted in ways ATS cannot read, a creative resume may never reach the hiring manager it is intended for.