Traditional v/s Creative Resumes

HR managers give extra credit to creative resumes during hiring

Every time you apply for a job and send your resume to a prospective employer, you wish that your resume would stand out among the heap of other resumes. To ensure that employers take note of their resumes, job-seekers have started adding creative zing to their resumes. But does it always work? Are they better than the good old traditional resumes?

According to Aditya Narayan Mishra, president – Staffing and director – Marketing, Randstad India, in the tough job market, a candidate who presents a resume outside the traditional format will always stand out in the crowd. The new formats of presenting resume in the form of videos and info-graphics have helped the employer to distinguish the candidate carefully.

Sanjeev Dixit, chief people officer, Allied Blenders and Distillers, believes that there is no harm to have a mix of traditional and creative resumes, ultimately resumes that make sense to the hiring/HR manager clicks. He stated that he would definitely hire a candidate with a creative resume, provided it is extremely lucid and consistent.

Aparna Sharma, country head – HR, Lafarge India Pvt Ltd believes content is the key.  She believes that resumes that present important facts and gives an insight to the candidature’s profile is what matters. Just creativity without content is a passé.

Creative resumes should be role-specific

Although a creative resume has to be visually appealing, factual and descriptive with regard to the candidate’s skills and employment history, it should be role specific as well. “A creative director, or a person focused on innovation or user experience, can take this creative approach. However, if the role is more traditional, weightage to creative elements would be less; rather importance would be given to content and experience,” states Mishra.

Jacob Jacob, chief people officer, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd, believes that creative resumes are not recommended unless the profile, for which you are applying, requires a creative flair – like an ad agency executive, creative writer, branding expert and internal communication executives.

Varda Pendse, director, Cerebrus Consultants believes that creative resumes are good for only certain roles – designers/architects/media personnel/marketing roles. Creative resume in traditional sectors or roles actually may not create impact and may act as a distraction from the individual.

“I recently received a video clip as a resume for a manufacturing role. It was amusing to go through the video and see the individual share his experience and knowledge through a video clip. But I believe, unless one is interviewing for a role which requires analysing attributes such as poise and voice modulation, such a resume would be discarded by the HR manager,” she averred.

Although, the appeal of creative resumes seems to be growing with every passing day, experts believe that these resumes can never completely phase out traditional resumes. “With technology paving way for candidates to present creative resumes, applicants, however, should always bear in mind that the basic version of the resume is very important and cannot change at any point,” concludes Mishra.

Hi guys If u like this post please leave a comment in comment box... comment box will top right of every post and bottom of every post. its useful for me give a better information.. check top of the blog there is menu bar in that go to comments i replied for u r comments because there is no direct option for reply for u r comments. if u want to give any suggestion in bottom of blog there is contact information option please leave a msgs with u r mail id sure i will get u.