{"id":5013,"date":"2011-07-25T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T14:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/?p=5013"},"modified":"2015-05-27T15:08:12","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T21:08:12","slug":"stand-out-with-these-unique-resume-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/stand-out-with-these-unique-resume-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Stand Out With These Unique Resume Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/Linen-32lb-Letter-Papers\/-109639\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5142\" title=\"Linen 32lb Letter Papers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/LP1031-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"Linen 32lb Letter Papers\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/LP1031-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/LP1031-115x150.jpg 115w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/LP1031-270x350.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/LP1031.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a>In today&#8217;s tough job market, it takes a little creativity to stand out from all the rest of the applicants for a particular job. While a\u00a0 professional-looking, neat, succinct resume will certainly get the job done (no pun intended), it may not really stand out from a stack of 200 or 300 other resumes.<\/p>\n<p>One thing to keep in mind as you ponder creative resume ideas is that<em><strong> <\/strong>more<strong> <\/strong><\/em>is not always <em>better<\/em>. A resume that is too &#8220;busy&#8221; or has too many graphics may actually hurt your chances of being considered for the position. You can be creative without being excessive. Here are some <strong>unique resume ideas<\/strong> that my put yours on the top of the stack:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3-D resume<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/Earth-Tones-Letterhead-Stock\/-109631\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5144\" title=\"Earth Tones Letterhead Paper\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/C20101-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"Earth Tones Letterhead Paper\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/C20101-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/C20101-115x150.jpg 115w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/C20101-270x350.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/C20101.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Flyer resume<\/li>\n<li>Fabric resume<\/li>\n<li>Fold-up resume<\/li>\n<li>Infographic resume (indicate job history with colored pie chart or show education with a color-coded timeline)<\/li>\n<li>Magazine cover resume (set up your resume to resemble the cover of a magazine)<\/li>\n<li>Newspaper classified ad resume (design your resume to look like the classified ads section of a newspaper)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To make your <strong>resume unique,<\/strong> you can design it based on the job for which you&#8217;re applying. An example of this would be for an illustrator to build a resume that resembles a common type of illustration (a comic book, perhaps). Teachers could put their information into the shape of an apple or make their resume look like a chalkboard. As long as the resume is original and not cutesy or immature, the prospective employer will probably be impressed with your initiative and creativity. A poet or some other type of writer might consider putting his\/her resume information into verse format or have the resume paper resemble a scroll.\u00a0 Applying for a bartender position? Put your information in the shape of a martini glass. That will surely get the employer&#8217;s attention! When it comes to <strong>unique resume ideas<\/strong>, the possibilities are endless.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/Springtime-Business-Cards\/-109859\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5146\" title=\"Springtime Business Cards\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/BC3119-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"Springtime Business Cards\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/BC3119-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/BC3119-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/BC3119-350x208.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/BC3119.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;d rather stick with a more traditional resume format, please view these resume samples, but if you&#8217;re looking for something more creative, you may want to try some of the ideas mentioned above (or maybe you have some unique resume ideas up your sleeve!).<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the type of resume you create, it&#8217;s important to use good quality <a class=\"wp-oembed\" title=\"Resume Paper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/Resume-Paper\" target=\"_blank\">resume paper<\/a> and to include a <a class=\"wp-oembed\" title=\"Business Cards\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/Business-Cards\" target=\"_blank\">business card<\/a> if you have one. With so many people looking for work, you really must have e a <strong>unique resume<\/strong> to get noticed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s tough job market, it takes a little creativity to stand out from all the rest of the applicants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[221,94],"class_list":["post-5013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-designing-business-communication","tag-resume","tag-resume-help"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5013"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14795,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5013\/revisions\/14795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}