Friday, February 3, 2012

The New Resume


1 comment:

  1. This is pretty clear. The summary is tight. Human Rights Activist. Some specificity could help. An article or three on where you work or what you focus on would help. Think about how people might cross reference and end up with you.

    I use the resume assignment to get you thinking about structure. The hierarchy of a resume or search can translate back and forth. You can think about a website or blog structure in the same way. You can think about your web presence this way. What could you add to this? YouTube video? How would your captions read? A Tumblr of phone photos tracking your trekking? What structure/formats are valuable to your voice?

    I use the LinkedIn option to get you thinking about the formats that keep popping up. It seems like I can’t avoid Pinterest this month. Some students protest and say LinkedIn is pretty straightforward and professional. You can’t game that system? I disagree. People gamed Twitter with hashtags and now it’s a #cliché.

    You should be able to pour your voice into any structure, sometimes remaining true to that structure, but sometimes altering the structure.

    How can you keep this structure as clear as you have it and make it even more yours?

    Nice work.

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