Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Word Cloud of my Resume

I'm actively seeking a career-breakthrough kind of job right now and have therefore been thinking... too much thinking... but really thinking... One really big question I've been exploring is "how can I present myself to potential employers so they see the real ME, and not just ANOTHER artificially brief (or way too long) cover letter and keyworded resume?"

I suppose how creative I am should depend on the organization I'm applying to and who in the organization will be screening my cover letter first. But in the anonymity of applying to jobs in other cities without any network connections, I'm wanting to get creative!

So last night I had a hair-brained idea to make a word cloud of a job description I was looking at. It was actually pretty helpful in getting a mindset to write my cover letter. Then it dawned on me how useful it could be to make a word cloud of my resume! So:
It took a little tweaking and removal of some superfluous words but I love it! Thanks to www.wordle.net.

If you're reading this, I would love your opinion, no matter who you are! What do you think, put this in a very brief cover letter?

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