{"id":468,"date":"2008-04-07T22:47:19","date_gmt":"2008-04-08T03:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devinreams.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/07\/you-dont-need-a-resume\/"},"modified":"2008-04-07T22:47:19","modified_gmt":"2008-04-08T03:47:19","slug":"you-dont-need-a-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/?p=468","title":{"rendered":"You don&#8217;t need a resume&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;unless you&#8217;re looking for mediocrity. Because that&#8217;s what happens when we<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>boil down our accomplishments into a one page memo, and<\/li>\n<li> convince ourselves we can make a good decision based on a one-page memo.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitstrips.com\/read.php?comic_id=28447\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/strips.bitstrips.com\/f05ae1a84572d70566b0580b7cec5de7.png\" style=\"width:50%;height:50%;float:right\"\/><\/a>Seth Godin hires interns and notes a resume is &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/sethgodin.typepad.com\/seths_blog\/2008\/03\/why-bother-havi.html\n\">an excuse to reject you<\/a>.&#8221; If you&#8217;re truly exceptional you don&#8217;t need a resume. I wouldn&#8217;t consider myself exceptional but I can recall at least seven jobs (or projects) in the last year where a resume was never even mentioned. Here&#8217;s what you need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Relationships:<\/strong> Knowing people can introduce you to some interesting opportunities. I tip my hat to <a href=\"http:\/\/okdork.com\/\">noah<\/a> who is probably responsible for half of the connections I&#8217;ve made outside of school. This is how I&#8217;ve done work for <a href=\"http:\/\/pbwiki.com\/\">pbWiki<\/a> and talked web design with <a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/\">VentureBeat<\/a>. But, even in school, simply talking to students and professors allowed me to design a number of sites, TA for classes, and land an interview with a big firm&#8211;all without a resume.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Accomplishments:<\/strong> Yes, your resume can help summarize these for you&#8211;but let the work do the talking. If you&#8217;re a designer, make sure it&#8217;s easy to find these things. Heck, do some sample work for the company you really want to work for (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reemer.com\">Kareem<\/a> got a sweet job at ESPN this way).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reputation:<\/strong> If you do good work, and you are a great person (see the last two bullets) then your reputation will be as solid as a rock. Maintain it, cherish it, and make sure you control it. This will mean less work for you. In college, all it took was a recommendation and a reputation for quality to be offered a job without even soliciting it. Wouldn&#8217;t it be nice to have jobs handed to you?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Though, <a href=\"http:\/\/ben.casnocha.com\/2008\/03\/should-you-have.html\n\">Ben<\/a> makes the point that college graduates usually haven&#8217;t proven themselves and can&#8217;t look for these truly exceptional positions: <em>&#8220;Yet most college students are not all-stars and shouldn&#8217;t&#8230;just ignore all existing hiring conventions.&#8221;<\/em> Yes, if you&#8217;d like to work at a good-enough company. Again, I&#8217;ve had a few offers (some accepted, some not) without ever offering a resume. I know <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulstamatiou.com\">Paul<\/a>, while still in college, went to work for Yahoo! without one. Odds are he&#8217;ll never need one. His brand and website are far more valuable and a portfolio speaks much more than keywords on paper.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you&#8217;re looking for those exceptional positions, start being an exceptional person and be an exceptional performer. Don&#8217;t use things like your formal education and a carefully edited resume as your only means to getting what you want.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;unless you&#8217;re looking for mediocrity. Because that&#8217;s what happens when we boil down our accomplishments into a one page memo, and convince ourselves we can make a good decision based on a one-page memo. 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