Someone screening resumes likely has a giant pile to sort through... a creative resume like that one would get round-filed in a heart beat unless it was, in and of itself, a display of creativity required for the job.
Anything corporate... it's more likely a null resume.
IMHO the best resumes are specific to the position being hired, and put the best qualification in the very first line. If it's a generic resume that could apply to all kinds of jobs, then the relevant information may be there, but buried under a ton of crap they don't care about.
Having personally had to filter through a hundred resumes lately. I was looking for keywords in the content to meet the need... if you failed to have those key words, OR IF I COULDN'T FIND THOSE KEYWORDS QUICKLY it got round filed... if I saw them in my quick glance, I stopped to read the rest.
If they are looking for a C++ programmer... the first line should be "PhD in C++ with fifteen years experience."
The rest is mumbojumbo after that if they want to see what else you got.
EDIT: Thinking more about it... next to a strong resume, even better is a follow-up visit, next best is a follow-up phone call. Don't pop in unannounced, schedule a 5 minute face-to-face just to say "I dropped off a resume for the position I think I'm a perfect fit for, and wanted to touch base and see if you had any questions." Don't turn it into an interview... they'll do that if they want to. That alone will make them look at your resume.
Edited by Gatinho (05/07/12 11:19 PM)
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