Infographics : Visual Resume building

As a job seeker or a student , it is important to have a resume that stands out among the rest — one of the more visually pleasing options on the market today is the infographic resume.

An infographic resume enables a job seeker to better visualize his or her career history, education and skills.

For those of us not talented in design, it can also be costly to hire an experienced designer to toil over a career-centric infographic.
Luckily, a number of companies are picking up on this growing trend and building apps to enable the average job seeker to create a beautiful resume.


As a part of this assignment , I searched for top sites/applications online which help create a good infographic resume. I came across a plethora of such sites but i chose 4 of those for a detailed study. These are as listed below - :

1. Visual.ly/create
2. re.vu
3. kinzaa.com
4. visualize.me

Most of them follow the same process flow. they are equipped with a feature to pick up user data and their career information from LinkedIn.

1. visual.ly



create infographics with visual.ly

Pros:
- Allows to choose between 4-5 themes with different gradient.
- Options to tweet , share on FB , Pin and share on other social media sites
- provides option to download as PDF , mail to your email ID
- Ease of data access , no need to edit/enter any data.

Cons -:
- Doesn't allow to play around with structure or format of the resume. Less options to customise the graphics.


2. re.vu page

Re.vu allows you to make a dedicated page for your resume , allows to add widgets and arrange them as per your choice.
it also provides a design option wherein you can choose to upload a background image of your choice or choose from themes provided.

Link to re.vu page

http://re.vu/bjuneja60015

3. Visualize.me

Visualize.me
- allows to connect to the available data on LinkedIn
- provides the option of inline editing of profile in case some info needs updation.
- provides options to choose theme , styles ( color, fonts and background)
- has an upcoming feature called "portfolio" wherein you can highlight some of the notable projects you’ve worked on.
- you can save the changes and also share the page on social media networks

Icon to Visualize.me infographic resume -->  

P.S -: the site is in beta and is coming up with hoards of new exciting features.

4. Kinzaa.com

Kinzaa.com is another professional service on Infographic resumes.

Features :
- It prompts the user to add data about your work profile (education/career interests)
- Highlights your current skills and the skill level
- Also provides slider based view on your professional priorities asked during the time of profile building
- Describes your work history , education interactively focusing on the major responsibilities.
- Describe your personality in a separate section of the resume which is different and not available on other resume building sites
- Provides an option to print the pdf and share the resume online.

Link to Kinzaa.com resume page -: http://kinzaa.com/12BM60015

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