Personal Professional Development & Enterprise: Creative CV's Research

To make my CV stand out, it needs to look good, get across who I am and my skills quickly.

I have looked on the internet as well as looking at the examples John showed us, to see some creative CV's to help inspire me to create mine.

This cv looks professional, with lots of information but still simplistic, which is good, as a lot of CV's seem to have too much writing on so may get overlooked. I like the info graphics style way of showing their skills, which could relate to what type of work the person is looking for.

I like these CV's as they seem more fun and interesting than plain white CV's, with a lot of information organised in a way that is interesting to look at, and also showing off the designers illustration and layout skills.

I like the CV on the left as it is simple and short, getting all the information across quickly and not being too distracting. I think having a panel which is quite decorative or interesting next to a simple space for the information is a good way to create a CV which looks good but is easy to read. The one of the left is quite different, with maybe a bit too much going on, but I like how the alignment is different and there are contrasting elements.

This CV is quite different from the others so it stands out. I think printed CV's make much more of an impact rather than emailing your CV, especially if you want to design for print. I will definitely take time considering stock and how my design will print and send my CV rather than emailing it.

These are more examples of simple CV's (above and below), I really like the way a logo, or image to represent the designer is placed next to all the information that is needed, keeping the design clear, clean and easy to use. These all show a good use of layout and organisation of elements.