12 Of The Coolest, Most Creative Resumes We've Seen

Omondi Abudho is a Kenyan art director and photographer who is well-known for his photography, but has also picked up quite a bit of attention from his resume.

He was inspired one day when he was making a routine purchase.

"Believe it or not, I got the idea while buying a pack of coffee. Java Coffee, one of Kenya's best, to be exact."

He designed a resume that potential employers could cut out and fold into a box, complete with creative "nutrition" facts. The result was immediate.

"As we speak I have three very good job offers from top agencies in Kenya... [I] am actually spoiled for choice!" he says.

Currently an online marketing manager, Simone Fortunini recently created a resume that actually looks like a Google Analytics page.

Fortunini tells us that since his work experiences stem from online marketing and advertising campaigns, Google Analytics is a basic tool that those in his industry work with, and he wanted to create a resume illustrating his understanding in online marketing, graphic design abilities and HTML skills.

"My intent with this project is showing both the two sides of my professionality in digital: a good technological understanding and an online marketing knowledge," Fortunini says. "Trying to analyze my professional path like a 'web site performance' has been hard, but helpful to get an objective point of view about current achievements and future goals."

Under his "Experience" section, you can click on the different positions he's held on the left-hand side, which will then allow you to see more details about the projects he's worked on and the skills he developed in each position.

Kelly Weihs's resume stands out from the crowd thanks to its vintage, historical look.

"I wanted to have fun creating a resume that was different from everyone else," she says. "I love historically inspired design; for me it's just a lot of fun to look to the past for ideas.

She applied to her current place of employment using this resume, and immediately saw results.

"My current employer quite liked the resume," she says.

Rick Mundon created this resume for his friend, but received so much feedback from his design that he decided to launch The Whole Orange, a creative design company that does design work and creates creative resumes, business, and web sites for job hunters.

He tells us that even if resumes are creative, they still need to be job-specific: "You're not out there to get any job." He says that employers need to be able to find your past work experiences immediately.

Mundon also created this one for Jeffrey James, and it led to a very desirable outcome.

"This particular resume did get him the job [he wanted]," Mundon says. "[A resume's] design is much more important than how 'pretty' it is; the overall goal is to get these people a job. If the most beautiful resume doesn't get our client an interview, then it's worthless."

Jeffrey's resume was made for his career in the music industry.

"We wanted to subtly show that he works hard while maintaining a clean look," says Mundon. "With Jefferey's resume I wanted the viewer to know he's in the music business, know that he works hard, showcase his image in a creative way and most importantly, display his experience."

"I really wanted to create a resume that was different," says Craig Stapley when asked about his inspiration. "Something that was memorable when it came across a desk, which was perhaps littered with resumes that all looked the same."

"I don't think applicants realize what a great opportunity they have when creating a resume. A resume can be so much more than a biographical 'humdrum' of skill-sets, education and accomplishments."

Stapley's resume landed him a job as creative director at iFit Fitness Technology, one of the world's largest fitness companies. His resume was his key to happiness. "I love where I am, who I work with and what I do."

Aaron Sachs morphed social media with an infographic and arrived at this resume.

"I created this right around the time that Google Plus came out," he says. "I wanted to marry the idea of an infographic, with the way that I was seeing my social information displayed in Google Plus. I took my job history, Klout score, LinkedIn recommendations, and education and wanted them to appear in a form that was familiar to people."

The resume was good for his career, but it also earned him a lot of attention outside of his profession.

"This was something that was more as a side-project. As I'm now in IT, the type of infographic resume I created, especially in the south, doesn't do a whole lot of good for IT hiring managers. However, I did have quite a bit of comments outside of the job market about it."

Elliot Hasse didn't know whether his creative resume would be well-received, or completely rejected by potential employers.

"I designed it back in college about three years ago to try and stand out from everyone else applying for graphic design jobs," he says. "It was kind of a risk because it was before the infographics got popular."

But Hasse's worries were premature. "I got a lot of immediate attention [from my resume] and it continued to spread across the Internet. Overall I got a lot of job offers and interest from employers, and I would say it's even a great success."

We would say so, too—Hass now works as an art director at Factory Design Labs in Denver, Colorado.

Lara Wineman tells us: "[My resume was] tailored with that look and feel." She created it when she applied for a position at a company in the scrapbooking industry.

The pink stationery look of the paper both contrasted and complimented the vintage typewriter print.

Lara wasn't offered the job, but she wasn't disappointed; It has earned her a lot of attention on Flickr.

"I wasn't actively looking for employment at the time," she says. "I just came across the job announcement one day for the company and thought I'd try applying to see what would happen."

Michael Anderson's resume was born out of an epiphany-like realization. "It occurred to me one day that a resume is just tagged temporal data, and that if I treated it as such, I could convey loads more information," he says.

The resume is a creative and more colorful take on a standard display of data.

"I have had a few job offers, but I only really took one, as a graphic design chair at a small school in Pennsylvania, and shot portfolio photos for students from a few programs," Anderson says.

Michael now has a new daughter and is working in his family's business, but his resume still draws a lot of attention online.

Riccardo Sabatini is an Italian graphic designer born and raised in Italy. He is currently based in Florence and focuses on digital art and typography.

Riccardo created his resume in response to a question. "Why [does] the curriculum [vitae] have to be displayed in a ugly and boring version?" he asked. "Especially if your work is to make things nice and [viewers] curious."

His resume is a reaction to this concept, and he designed it in multiple colors while maintaining the same brand. His resume gained him a lot of attention on the internet.

"More than how I've expected," he says. "And not just from the ones I've sent [to employers], but also from people... [who have] seen it on my portfolio and found it interesting."

Liagi Ann Jezreel Ramilo is currently a senior graphic designer and tells us that she wanted to show in her resume that she's always loved to "doodle" as long as she has "a ballpen and a paper with [her] whether it's a ticket, a tissue paper or any kind of paper as long as [she] can write on it."

"I posted it my deviantart account to showcase my design and I was surprised when I received lots of messages in my personal email and even in my Facebook account from people around the world telling me that they saw my creative resume and how they liked it," she says.

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