I worked in a recruiting agency in France until 2 years ago. We received many "standard" resumes, up to 500 a day. Then we got mailed a bunch of "weird" resumes, that's like 50 per day. "Weird" meant badly formatted, video discs, infographics (like this one), printed on cardboard, oversize posters, huge books of images and such.
I had to interview a few dozens of those people, and a "weird" resume inevitably was followed by a confused girl -or, less often, kid-, dreaming of her first job in the flamboyant world of media business (as lead art director or creative guru, of course), lacking any practical skill needed in the real world.
Lesson 1) We see a damn lot of "weird" resumes. Keep that firmly in your mind.
Lesson 2)Your chances of standing out are actually way lower than the chances of being spotted as a douche.
Lesson 3) The most common way your resume will "stand out" is by giving away that you are a freshman in the business.
"Weird" meant badly formatted, video discs, infographics (like this one), printed on cardboard, oversize posters, huge books of images and such.
I had to interview a few dozens of those people, and a "weird" resume inevitably was followed by a confused girl -or, less often, kid-, dreaming of her first job in the flamboyant world of media business (as lead art director or creative guru, of course), lacking any practical skill needed in the real world.
Lesson 1) We see a damn lot of "weird" resumes. Keep that firmly in your mind.
Lesson 2)Your chances of standing out are actually way lower than the chances of being spotted as a douche.
Lesson 3) The most common way your resume will "stand out" is by giving away that you are a freshman in the business.