What is a visual resume?

Ok! So there is a lot of information online about Visual resumes, their pro’s and con’s. There are many views, multiple perspectives and suggestions. Here is an insight from someone who deals in making Visual Resumes on a daily basis.

Visual Resumes may or may nor suit everyone. Professionally designed, tactfully crafted and logically presented! These are the most salient features of a Visual Resume. A talented and experienced CV Designer will know what clicks in the market and for whom it would work the best.

Most people think a Visual Resume only holds self rating bars, radio buttons or stars!

No! This is not the only reason a Visual Resume works like magic in the job market. The most experienced CV Designer will and should be able to help you with an editable format of your Visual Resume and it should not be something that is not easily editable. Having an exclusively crafted CV is an investment for many. The most obvious differentiator that a Visual CV Designer presents is “Version Control”. You, as the applicant, can create different versions of your Visual resume altering data and presentation to suit the requirement of the position you are applying for.

So, how do you pick a designer?

Look and research to see if the designer you are approaching has an understanding of the keywords that help pass the ATS. Keywords are the most important elements on a resume, mainly because most organizations today, at the global face, use ATS, a system that scans resumes faster than the human. Accuracy of industry specific keywords, increase your chances of relevant calls for your interviews.  ATS scans a resume basis the keywords that are programmed into it. If a resume doesn’t hold the right keywords, our risk rates are drastically high. So select a builder that provides the right set of keywords that goes well with the job opening.

The software does not read images. Quiz and question your Visual CVs to understand what they exactly mean by visual representation. If one says, we use images, build the CV on photoshop and use special tools, stay away from them! Your CV Designer should have the needed expertise to build your Visual Resume on using microsoft tools, where inbuilt shapes and text are used to create infographics. If pictures are used, they should not hold text that is embedded into it.

They should have the expertise to spin verbiage into figures and facts, that not only helps to understand the candidature better, but also projects to the reader, what the applicant is capable of bringing to the take along with them. The designer should be able to project the personality, credibility and authenticity of the applicants experience.

Resume gets rejected because of the clumsy or unorganized look of the resume. Your visual resume builder should be able to give you a succinctly written, not too crowded final output. When we pick a good visual resume builder, they should be in a position to hold accountability towards suggesting what will and will not work in your favour. Your designer’s professional touch can steal the show and take you closer to your dream job

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