Document Design through Résumés and C.R.A.P. Teaching Demonstration By: Mike Tardiff.
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Document Design through Résumés and C.R.A.P.
Teaching Demonstration By: Mike Tardiff
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Agenda (assuming 50-60 minute class)
• A quick exercise (10 minutes)-accessing already present knowledge/experience
• Rationale, some background (5 minutes)-transparency/heading of question: “why?”
• A tool called C.R.A.P. (10-15 minutes)– Heuristic rule rather than algorithmic
• An exercise in reading and evaluating résumé design (20-25 minutes) – Experiential moment, capacity building, putting
theory into practice
• Looking forward (5 minutes)
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An warm-up exercise
• Take the provided piece of paper and pen and quickly sketch a résumé; you don’t need full detail… just create a visual represenation of what a résumé LOOKS like.
• Take 3-5 minutes.
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An warm-up exercise
• Let’s compare.–What are some shared features?–Why do you think a résumé looks the way it does? –How do you imagine reading a résumé? Is it different than reading regular prose?
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Why résumés and document design?
Résumés are: 1.) deeply rhetorical (i.e. they communicate and, ideally, make arguments) 2.) visual (i.e. their success is predicated, in part, on their design.)
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Why résumés and document design?
The average employer spends less than 35 seconds reviewing the typical résumé, meaning an attention to visual design is imperative.
Design helps information S TA N D O U T.
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C.R.A.P: A tool for document design
Contrast Repetition Alignment Proximity
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Contrast
Contrast simply means difference. • Used to differentiate, order
elements; • If things are not the same, make
them DIFFERENT;– Contrast can be achieved through
typeface (size, bold-face, etc.), color, spacing,
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Examples of Contrast…
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Examples of Contrast…
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Repetition
Repetition simply means the reusing similar elements throughout your design.• Creates predictable patterns; • Develops sense of
cohesiveness;
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Examples of Repetition
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Alignment
Everything needs to be visually connected to something else; nothing should be out of place or random• Connects like elements through
shared invisible line
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Examples of Alignment
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Alignment
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Proximity
Related items should be grouped close together so they become one visual unit rather than several separate units. • Reduces clutter; • Allows for easy access of
particular information;
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Proximity
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Let’s apply these ideas to some examples
• In groups of 2, do the following.– Take exactly 45 seconds (we’ll pretend the
reader is being generous) to read the one of the sample résumés
–Write down on a separate sheet of paper what you remember from that reading
– Swap résumés. REPEAT. – Together, write a C.R.A.P. analysis of the
more effective résumé; comment on each of the four elements.
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For next class…
•Please bring a draft of your résumé; try your best to engage the C.R.A.P. principles.