Applying for a Graphic Design Job

Posted by Andre le Roux on 2011-04-30 Leave a commentView Comments Go to comments

Applying for a graphic design job is as easy as sending in your résumé.

Usually.

When advertising a vacancy for a graphic designer I make a point of including a specific instruction. Something like “please include a PDF document with 5 logos from your portfolio”. About half of the applicants will ignore that bit and just send a résumé.

50%!

I’m truly baffled by this.

Why do they bother?

It does make my job easier though. I can flat-out delete 50% of applications and focus on the ones that can pay attention and follow instructions.

Don’t disqualify yourself before your résumé was ever opened.

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