Things Worth Talking About » get noticed http://www.eclyptix.com/blog rants, raves and commentary by founder/ceo Robby Berthume Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:54:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 How To Send in Your Resume http://www.eclyptix.com/blog/2008/11/how-to-send-in-your-resume/ http://www.eclyptix.com/blog/2008/11/how-to-send-in-your-resume/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:13:02 +0000 bushmanbill http://eclyptix.com/blog/?p=674 Read Full Post]]> Instead of the 2nd part of the Social Media Success Checklist post, I’d like to show you about my favorite resume experience so far.

Although we get a lot them, they mostly follow a tediously boring and predictable, template-like pattern. Sometimes people will get creative and add creative touches but for the most part they all follow a predictable, template-like pattern.

All of that changed for us last week when we got this from E—-:

Please choose from the following responses as I’m trying to plan my future.  Feel free to use the attached documents to assist you in the decision making process.  Thank you for your time.
E—-
  1. E—-, we love your work.  You start Monday, please bring your own pencil.
  2. E—-, although we enjoyed reviewing your materials, we don’t have anything available at this time, we’ll be in touch as soon as something opens up.
  3. E—-, thank you for your interest in our company, we’ll get back to you if we get desperate.

I promised a prize, so here you go.  I am not an artist.  While that fact has been made painfully obvious to you don’t let it cloud your judgment of my creativity.  In the drawing you might notice that I’m not wearing clothes.  If you decide to bring me in for an interview I can assure you I will be dressed appropriately.

The drawing was ugly enough to make us smile and if I am one to judge (I am), this resume stands out on so many levels. Unfortunately for us, we had to choose the 2nd option so you’re welcome to make our misfortune work for you, although I can’t promise we won’t try to win him back later.
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