Visual Personal Branding & Infographic Resumes talk by Randy Krum at the DFW DataViz Meetup event September 2016
Links from my presentation are here: http://www.coolinfographics.com/dfwdataviz-sep2016/
You should be using the powerful benefits of dataviz and visual storytelling in your own Personal Branding Strategy to communicate your own key attributes to potential employers with visual content on a website, on LinkedIN and with an infographic resume!
An infographic resume is…"A visual account of an individual's history and abilities that uses data visualization design to communicate key portions of a job candidate's skills, history, education or other relevant information." - Randy Krum, Cool Infographics
I have been following the growing trend of infographic resumes for years, and I've gathered together over 1,200 examples of real-world infographic resumes in a public gallery on Pinterest: Infographic Visual Resumes to serve as design inspiration and a view into this fast-growing phenomenon.
This presentation will show you some of the best examples of infographic resume designs, and the tools and understanding you need to design your own. Bring your questions, and even a copy of your own resume, for the interactive portion where I will offer suggestions and feedback for your own visual branding content.
Key questions:
• Should I design a separate infographic resume or build visuals into my existing resume?
• How does an infographic resume fit into a larger personal branding strategy?
• How do infographic resumes work with automated application systems?
• What are the risks when using an infographic resume?
• Are there times when an infographic resume isn't appropriate?
• What design tools are available to create my infographic resume?
25. Picture Superiority Effect
European Journal of Cognitive Psychology 18(6), 2006
10% 65%
Text or Audio Only Text + Picture
Memory retention after 3 days
58. The Resume Problem?
• Hundreds of candidates for a single role
• Candidates overstuff their resumes
• Too much text buries the important information
• Nothing stands out
“No way to tell at a glance that a candidate might be interesting”
- Mike Harding, Co-Founder re.vu
59. Infographic Resume
“A visual account of an individual’s history and abilities
that uses data visualization design to communicate key
portions of a job candidate’s skills, history, education, or
other relevant information.”
Cool Infographics
By Randy Krum
DEFINITION:
60. Advantages of Infographic Resumes?
• Easier to understand
• Quick to communicate top attributes
• Provides Context
• 65% More likely to be remembered than text
• Tells a story
• Stands out from text-only resumes
61. What’s the Risk?
• Visually unappealing
• Visualize data incorrectly
• Fail to visualize the relevant information
• Confuse the reader with too many visualizations
• Highlight the wrong attributes for the position
• Use an inappropriate design tone
62. When is appropriate to use an
Infographic Resume?
In Person
• Job/Career Fairs
• Interviews
• Networking Events
Online
• LinkedIN
• Personal Homepage
• Portfolio Site
• Social Media Sites
97. Timelines
• Education
• Different companies
• Holding different roles
• Volunteer for organization
• Using software applications
• Major Career Milestones
98.
99.
100.
101. Skills
• Training received
• Software proficiency
• Key skills
• Public speaking
• Web design
• User experience
• Major Achievements or Awards
Visualized relative to each other
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104. Geography
• Where have you lived & worked?
• Foreign languages?
• Time spent in each location?