What am I? (#2 - resumé style)

I think we all grapple with identity issues from time to time, so it becomes very strange when we need to present it to a future employer. Yeah, our work speaks for itself andyadda yadda, but they want to know about our process, our personal history, how we visually define ourselves and even our credentials.

For most students, it is perfectly acceptable to print out a list of bulleted, impressive aspects of our past and our present abilities and experiences. But no, we are designers! We have the luck, and some would say obligation, to express ourselves creatively through the content as well as the presentation.

I appreciated the above resume from merilynumboh.com/portfolio.html because she described it as unwrapping a present. This sounds cheesy, but what if we all considered our resumes, our visual identity, our leave behinds and our portfolio/portfolio books as present for our potential employers. We really are giving them quite a lot. We work for four (or in my case, five) years to build up our portfolios and make ourselves employable.

We have a lot to offer. Although we will be scrutinized and picked apart by many employers, if we think of it as a gift and a privilege, maybe it will be all the more effective.