Using One Page Profiles as a start to a resume?...

26 April 2011

joeypic Joey is my 15 year old son. He is interested in finding a summer job and realizes that many other students are currently trying to do the same. Last weekend, Joey and I put our heads together to see how we could create a resume that is a bit different than everyone else's resume. I showed Joey a few examples of One Page Profiles and Joey thought that the Like and Admire and Important To sections of the One Page Profile might be good additions to his resume.

Joey is now bringing his resume to different employers in our community and keeping his fingers crossed. One of the employers told him that they thought it was a great idea to put his picture on the resume since this would remind her of their first introduction. joeycv

I appreciate Joey's willingness to share his resume with a local employment service that supports people with disabilities. They were interested in seeing how this might be helpful in supporting people to find employment.

Please let me know what you think of Joey's resume and how you think most employers would respond to this type of approach. I would also love to hear about your own experiences. You can email me directly at juliem@hsacanada.ca or leave a comment here.

By: Julie
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5 comments for “Using One Page Profiles as a start to a resume?...”

Antonia

Posted 26 April 2011 at 10:37:53

I think Joey's resume is fantastic. It gives a much clearer picture of what Joey would be like to work alongside than a traditional CV, and would be a great base from which to build positive working relationships. I think there should be space in every job application for a One Page Profile!
Monique Champagne

Posted 27 April 2011 at 03:52:59

I think that Joey is very special to let you use his resume to put on your blog. Shows his confidence in himself. He is quite a special young man. Great job using your business tools to apply to many aspects of regular day to day life.
Kate Nehra

Posted 04 May 2011 at 16:15:06

I think this is a fantastic example of how creative people can be, thanks to Joey for sharing this with everyone, I am so inspired by this one page resume, i will be feeding this back to the organisation I work for.
Tammy

Posted 16 May 2011 at 16:55:01

I thought that the Resume was very direct honest and open.
Clear to read and understand laid out in a nice format but creatively.
On reading I felt instantly this is a nice honest person well done Im am sure this will support others when compiling a Resume /C.V

Tammy
Julie

Posted 31 May 2011 at 02:43:19

Thanks everyone for your comments. Joey is enjoying his new job and is glad that his example can be helpful to others.

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