{"id":4599,"date":"2019-08-03T14:27:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T18:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/?p=4599"},"modified":"2019-08-03T14:28:41","modified_gmt":"2019-08-03T18:28:41","slug":"how-to-create-a-graphic-design-resume-that-displays-your-good-taste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-graphic-design-resume-that-displays-your-good-taste\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Graphic Design Resume That Displays Your Good Taste"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Graphic designers are constantly in demand, but when it comes to crafting a resume, it’s easy to slip up. If you’re looking for a new graphic designer job, you may think your portfolio will impress recruiters, but this is not always true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Very often, companies use software to scan hundreds of resumes for a single job posting. This means your resume will get lost in the pile if you only rely on your work. You need to create a simple, concise resume that highlights your best skills, experience, and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep reading to learn how to create a graphic design resume and land your dream job on the first try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Design It Yourself<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your graphic designer resume is a great opportunity to showcase your design skills to potential employers. It will show them your creativity, originality, way of thinking, and choice of colors and elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do not use MS Word templates or any other text-based resumes. You can find hundreds of ready-made resume format templates<\/a> online that you can tweak and edit to your taste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep It Simple and Brief<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

No matter how much experience and skills you have, your design resume shouldn’t be longer than one page. Find a way to insert only the most important information and leave the rest for the interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, resumes go through an ATS (Applicant Tracking Software), which means you’ll have to impress a machine, not a human. This is why you need to use keywords and keep it simple and brief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Link Your Portfolio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your designer resume is the first point of contact between you and an employer. Even if recruiters think you’re a good fit, they’ll make the final decision once they see your portfolio. Link it on your resume and also in your email signature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make sure to only add your best work, along with a short explanation behind the idea. Another option is to provide a PDF attachment of your portfolio together with the CV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add Contact Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Add your contact information to the resume design and make it easy for recruiters to set up an interview<\/a>. Add your full name, email address, phone number, website (if you have one), and links to your LinkedIn profile and online portfolio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t rely on recruiters finding these details at the bottom of your email. In most cases, they won’t bother to look if they can’t find them in your resume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do Not Lie On Your Resume<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Do not lie on your resume about anything, ever! You can’t get away with this because recruiters will do a background check on you and your work, and easily find any discrepancies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, what kind of impression you’d be making with employers if you choose to lie from the start? This shows you’re unreliable and can’t be trusted, which is not an employee anyone wants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you don’t have experience and wonder what to put on a resume instead, add any internships, courses, freelance jobs, or projects you’ve done for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Land Your Dream Job With Your Graphic Design Resume<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When applying for your next design job, your graphic design resume can make or break your chances of getting picked. Add your personal artistic touch, keep it simple, and highlight your best skills and job experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Need more job search and career tips? Head over to our blog where we share the latest insights about today’s job market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Graphic designers are constantly in demand, but when it comes to crafting a resume, it’s easy to slip up. If you’re looking for a new graphic designer job, you may think your portfolio will impress recruiters, but this is not always true. Very often, companies use software to scan hundreds of resumes for a single […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4601,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4599\/revisions\/4601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}