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Create an Infographic Resume with these Tools

originally appeared on the, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

As a freelancer or job seeker, it is important to have a resume that

stands out among the rest one of the more visually pleasing options on

the market today is the infographic resume.

An infographic resume enables a job seeker to better visualize his or her career history, education and skills.

Unfortunately, not everyone is a graphic designer, and whipping up a

professional-looking infographic resume can be a difficult task for the

technically unskilled job seeker. For those of us not talented in

design, it can also be costly to hire an experienced designer to toil

over a career-centric infographic.

Luckily, a number of companies are picking up on this growing trend

and building apps to enable the average job seeker to create a beautiful

resume.

To,

check out these four tools for creating an infographic CV. If you’ve

seen other tools on the market, let us know about them in the comments

below.

is a new app that turns a user’s LinkedIn profile information into a beautiful, web-based infographic.

After creating an account and connecting via LinkedIn,

a user can edit his or her profile summary, work experience, education,

links, skills, interests, languages, stats, recommendations and awards.

And voila, a .

The company’s vision is to “be the future of resumes.” Lofty goal,

but completely viable, given that its iteration of the resume is much

more compelling than the simple, black-and-white paper version that

currently rules the world.

Re.vu, a newer name on the market, is another app that enables a user

to pull in and edit his or her LinkedIn data to produce a stylish

web-based infographic.

The infographic layout focuses on the user’s name, title, biography,

social links and career timeline it also enables a user to add more

graphics, including stats, skill evolution, proficiencies, quotes and

interests over time.

Besides the career timeline that is fully generated via the LinkedIn

connection, the other graphics can be a bit tedious to create, as all of

the details must be entered manually.

In the end, though, a emerges. This is, by far, the most visually pleasing option of all of the apps we reviewed.

Based on a user’s imported LinkedIn data, Kinzaa creates a

data-driven infographic resume that focuses on a user’s skills and job

responsibilities throughout his or her work history.

The tool is still in beta, so it can be a bit wonky at times but if

you’re looking for a tool that helps outline exactly how you’ve divided

your time in previous positions, this may be your tool of choice.

Unlike other tools, it also features a section outlining the user’s

personality and work environment preferences. Details such as

preferences on company size, job security, challenge level, culture,

decision-making speed and more are outlined in the personality section,

while the work environment section focuses on the user’s work-day

length, team size, noise level, dress code and travel preferences.

4.,

the career management resource for young professionals, launched a new

Facebook application in September that generates an infographic resume

from a user’s Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn information.

After a user authorizes the app to access his or her Facebook and

LinkedIn data, the app creates an infographic resume with a unique URL

for example, my infographic resume is located at brazen.me/u/ericaswallow.

The infographic features a user’s honors, years of experience,

recommendations, network reach, degree information, specialty keywords,

career timeline, social links and LinkedIn profile image.

The app also creates a “Career Portfolio” section which features

badges awarded based on a user’s Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn

achievements. Upon signing up for the app, I earned eight badges,

including “social media ninja,” “team player” and “CEO in training.”

While badges are a nice addition, they aren’t compelling enough to keep

me coming back to the app.

Your Thoughts

Have you used a web app to create an infographic resume? If so, which

tool did you use and how was your experience? Let us know in the

comments below.

AJIT SINGH

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