Visual CVs are on the rise, but is this something you should adopt?
If you’re in a creative industry, visual CVs have their advantages, but as much as we’d like to believe that a beautiful CV can land you your dream job, the fact of the matter is that anything too different from the norm probably isn’t going to do you any favours.
Hiring managers are time poor, so when it comes time to screen hundreds of CVs, any information that cannot be found within seconds is going to land that CV in the ‘too hard’ pile. Yes, visual CVs are great at simplifying information, but because we’re so used to purely textual CVs, reading them isn’t necessarily intuitive.
The best CVs strike the perfect balance by using visual design principles to spruce up the existing textual CV. Looking to spruce up your CV but don’t know where to start? We’ve compiled our 5 favourite design principles to help you transform your resume.