Résumés Are Starting to Look Like Instagram, and Sometimes Even Tinder
As a professional resume writer I&#x27;m seeing a lot of clients now asking for more design on their resumes (including many senior clients with solid accomplishments) and it&#x27;s a disturbing trend. I think part of the blame can go to the handful of companies that have gone viral with highly visualized &#x27;mock&#x27; resumes for tech celebrities (Elon Musk and Marissa Mayer - example <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;enhancv.com&#x2F;resume-examples&#x2F;famous&#x2F;marissa-mayer&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;enhancv.com&#x2F;resume-examples&#x2F;famous&#x2F;marissa-mayer&#x2F;</a>).<p>These resumes certainly &quot;look good&quot;, but they aren&#x27;t useful. Obviously, it doesn&#x27;t matter what your resume looks like if you&#x27;re Elon Musk - you&#x27;re getting the interview anyway.<p>With visualized resumes, the user is sacrificing the ability to provide a more robust list of accomplishments, or perhaps to provide additional details and context for the accomplishments they have listed.<p>If you are junior level and don&#x27;t have many accomplishments to mention, a visualized resume might get their attention. For senior level candidates or even mid-career folks who have already done a thing or two, these resumes look like an ill-fitting suit.<p>Don&#x27;t distract your reader with fancy formatting. Using a simple format allows the reader to focus entirely on what is important (your body of work) without being distracted.