So recently my friend Lexi Kubrak posted a link to an article about creative resumes that apparently got the applicants jobs at Google, Microsoft and other top tier organizations.  I want to first of all share the examples with you all and then ask you to weight in on the conversations about the myths of the resume:

So here are my questions.

1. Undoubtedly these are very creative formats for your resume and are likely to get a recruiters attention, but are they are good measure of skills?  Other than the creative aspects of the resume?
2. If the Social Profiles are more and more the online repositories of the personal and professional information that you put out there are resumes still a valid form of assessment in the job process?
3. How and/or would an ATS be agile enough to read and index these formats?
4. With the profusion of online Visual resume apps coming to the market such as Visualize.me and DoYouBuzz does that mean that the resume is transitioning from a skills/knowledge assessment tool to more of a marketing tool?
5. And with the advent of Social Media and the transition of the traditional recruiter role to a stronger focus on consumer marketing are we forcing the candidates into a more marketing role as well, and if so, where exactly does the assessment come in?

I’m just curious about your answers….let me know what you think in the comments below.