55 Examples of Light and Clean Resume / CV Designs

I always see these resumes, mine never makes the list.
http://kevin-chappell.com/wp-content/themes/kevin/files/Kevin_Chappell-CV.pdf

Most of these resumes would end up in my round file.

Most of these are very hard to read. I don’t get the point of designing such clever resumes when the guy on the other end can’t read them!

Alot of those weren’t exactly “clean” or “light”. Most were all very detailed and busy looking, something most employers don’t exactly want to read because its just too hard.

My resume design is rather subdued compared to the ones listed above. I also have a word document version of my resume that has keywords and such for job boards.

These examples are nicely designed, but some are just too busy or cheesy for my tastes.

All but a few of these scream, “I lack creativity, taste, and originality!” Let’s not forget that a resume is a formal document. I know that sounds boring, but a designer truly shows his/her worth when working within certain parameters/limitations. Looks like a bunch of Full Sail grads.

As someone who looks at a lot of resumes for designers and UX experts there is one thing I notice about the majority of these that will send them straight into the trash.

They do not respect the reader in terms of getting them information quickly and with ease. There is too much form over function in many of these examples.

Make your resume legible and usable. If you can’t do that you’re just a decorator, not a UX professional. All it tells me when your resume is overly fancy to the point of being annoying to read is that you’re more concerned with “looks” than “works.” Unless you’re a fine artist, this is not an attractive quality in a designer.

I mean they’re all nifty looking and all on their own BUT imagine a hiring manager with ALL of these (and a hundred OTHERS) in a stack trying to read them! After a minute all their experience WOULD start REALLY reading like Lorem Ipsum! If I can’t easily skim it at a glance without being distracted by weird fonts, bright colors, weird angles and if I have to squint or turn the page at an angle , it’d get TOSSED. MOST of this stuff is WAY over the top and too much. (Much like a juvenile skunk not knowing how much to spray and letting it all go at once.) Remember, simplicity and WHITE space are your friends. UGh… >.<

I agree with what Jimbob says, leave all your creativity to your portfolio, not your resume.

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Working as a creative director at a smaller company I’m the guy who interviews our new designers and honestly, the first thing I do when getting resumes is throw out the ones who create stuff like this. It’s the first indication I have of them not being capable of doing research or following directions and my company doesn’t have the resources to pay my hourly rate for me to spend 20 minutes decoding your resume. Plain and simple, after four years of school, you should be able to figure out what your resume is for and design to that. Get creative, by making yourself a custom letterhead and leaving it at that.

These are actually terrible – all of them, even on the rare occasion that any of these CVs are “Light and Clean” they still have such a flagrant disregard for the most basic understanding of typography that it renders them completely horrific… Who compiled this list and why?

I only found one resume that was nicely designed, the rest are terrible designs. As a graphic designer I am embarrassed that you post this crap. The worst part is these same resumes show up on all these blogs assuming no designing can come up with something new. The second infographic resume is an excellent example if you are looking for a job that deals with that style. Everything else looks like throw up and I’d never hire a single one. Light and Clean haha. Sure as a designer we can spice up our resume but don’t over do it. subtle design aspect will be enough and to make it truly light and clean.

really like the examples u gave here. We are also a design company of professional looking CVs. We are from Romania, but we welcome people from around the world to visit us and get informed.

people are you blind? THIS IS ART ! ( KATZ !! HMM !!! )

this is clear for those who see it!

I tried Kickresume.com
It is online resume builder with pretty minimalistic designs and it is free!

It’s always fun to see your own resume being used all over the web like this 🙂