It is believed that first Curriculum Vitae (the CV) was created by none other than Leonardo Da Vinici in 1482. It’s changed a lot since then. Thanks to sites like LinkedIn and YouTube they come in all shapes and forms.
It’s fairly common known that what the British call a CV the Americans call a resume. It’s more specialist knowledge that, technically, these are slightly different things. A resume is historically a brief letter of introduction (from the French ‘resume’ for summary) that might be given to a local lord by a travelling entertainer to prove his pedigree. In contrast, a CV (from the Latin ‘course of life’) had typically been a summary of achievements and could be many pages long.
These geek culture resumes are a bit of both, perhaps a mashup of forms.
Gandalf’s resume
I think the mistake on this resume is admitting that he, as a hobby, likes to send hobbits into life-threatening situations. That’s going to worry HR (hobbit resources) from the outset.
This particular resume comes from Find Courses as a marketing exercise. The connection is clear; make your resume look better by doing courses. They didn’t stop at Gandalf, so neither shall we.
Jack Sparrow’s resume
Would he even bother?
Potential employers shall expect their employees to be lazy, contemptuous and liberal with spiced rum. Savvy?
Professor Sybill Trelawney’s resume
An interesting person to pick from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I approve of her alternative to ‘references on request’.
Jesse Pinkman’s resume
‘Sorry Gale’ as a not-so-hidden message in there. Would you hire him?
Forrest Gump’s resume
It’s perhaps not the most flash looking CV but it’s a powerful one. The Congressional Medal of Honor, membership of the All-American Football Team and several high scoring skill sets.
