Hi all! Been considering redoing my CV and giving it more personality. Do any of you customise your own CV's?

My family all do quite academic jobs, so when I first made my CV (and as it still stands), its quite bland anf facts based. I was advised by a mentor of mine to customise it and add my artwork to it-make it stand out.

Personally-I've let me folio do the work, but maybe thats not enough to stand out?

If any creatives out there have gone from bland word documents to full on curated CV's-could you let me know the feedback/benefits you recieved. Is it worth the makeover?

Really appreciate this!!
Love,
Yas

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  • Hi Yasmine! I would recommend looking at Find Your Intern - more fashion but also graphic based and also Nikky Lyle Creative on Instagram I used her CV templates for inspiration and secured my first full-time design role, and I am a part of the Find Your Intern membership both super helpful platforms!
  • Here’s an unpopular opinion I have developed across the years working for big brands and researching about personal branding:

    Once you start talking about who you are, what you do, what you have achieved, hobbies, aspirations, dreams, ambitions, etc

    People zone out.

    They get into a deep meditation about everything else than you.

    What do you need to say then? Read the article here: https://talebkabbara.co.uk/blog/personal-branding-people-are-zoning-out/

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