Google Resume Tops Search Results When Eric Gandhi was looking for a way to make his resume stand out, he decided to combine his creative skills with the idea of employers searching for an ideal candidate. The result was this Google-themed resume, a clever reimagining of the familiar template of the search engine’s results page. Gandhi, who graduated from Tech in 2010 with a science, technology and culture degree, said that his goal was to build off of something that everyone already recognizes and understands without additional context. The concept is that an employer searching for someone who is “Creative+Hard-Working+Talented+Excellent Designer+Unique+Autodidactic” would bring up Gandhi as the top search result.
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The Business Insider website noticed Gandhi’s work and recently listed it among 13 “Insanely Cool Resumes.” The entire list is at businessinsider.com/insanely-creative-resumes-2011-6. “An employee of Google found my Google-themed resume on LinkedIn and he offered to refer me for a position there, which led to an interview,” Gandhi told Business Insider. That didn’t result in a job at Google, but Gandhi’s resume did continue to garner attention. Eventually he was hired as a production artist at the Weather Channel. Caroline Player, the Alumni Association’s director of Career Services, is available for advisement sessions to help alumni make their resumes stand out. To schedule a visit, call (404) 8942394 or email caroline.player@alumni.gatech.edu.
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