Vizualize.Me

PIMP yo' CV

A good month or so ago, a trend hit Twitter. Surprise, surprise. It seemed to spread like wildfire across the social network... It was a link to a site called Vizualize.me, a website that promised to vizualize your CV in one click, here's what you got. An email registration. Get three of more people to also register with their email address and you were promised early access, the more people who applied the quicker you got access ...and let's be honest my curiosity got the better of me. It looked 'kinda' cool.

 

*Note I'm currently typing like an American, because the site itself is in American spelling and it'll just get confusing if I keep changing between the two. Naturally, I chucked it on Twitter. Well a month or so later, this is the result. Using a series of different settings I've created my own profile å la LinkedIN. Weirdly though, there was no share button on the site for LinkedIN, even though it uses the API. Strange. There are a couple of different variations below. You can change colorways, types/fonts, and even upload your own custom background. Yay.

Now, I haven't dug too deeply, because now I know what it is, I don't really know why I want it or what the purpose is. What I'm trying to say is what's the point? Everyone loves infographics, or they did 6 months ago, they were all over the place, but am I expected to send this to a future employer? Is it really that practical? It seems weird that it's for designers because I'd imagine any decent designer would just say, you didn't make that you used Vizualize.me - if they even know what it is. Or is it just a little bit of fun? My interests, languages & skills aren't listed on LinkedIN so maybe I'm missing the boat on this one... but other than a fun little side project... what was all the hype? It's only in Beta, so perhaps I'll give it a bit of time and see what happens... I might even be tempted to update those bits on LinkedIN... For now though, it just looks 'kinda' cool.