%title A Visual Resume
%date 2011-04-18 20:39:52
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<p>At the beginning of this year, I had two jobs.  By March, however, I had quit one and been informed that I was, for all intents and purposes, being laid off from the other.  While this wasn’t a huge surprise, I was still pretty disappointed – time to start the job-hunt again.  I brushed up my resume, pulled all my references together, and got started searching.  As I applied and attended job fairs and the like I started noticing a disheartening trend, however.  I’m graduating in May with a degree in music composition, but applying for technical jobs.  More than I once, I was turned down without further consideration as soon as the recruiter got to the education section of my resume.</p>
<p>Rather than be coy about my education, however, I’m combining the fact that much of my applying for jobs happens online with my resume into a <a href="http://resume.drab-makyo.com">visual resume</a> that offers all the same information while show-casing my design and visualization abilities.</p>
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