World's First Google Earth Resume

Where have you been lately? I saw London. I saw France. I saw…well, you know the rest.

I got a note yesterday from Ozgur Alaz, a “trendspotter” based in Istanbul, telling me about geo resume — the world’s first Google Earth resume. He writes:

Inspired from MemoryMaps, I prepared a resume using Google Earth for me. How did I prepare? Firstly, i grouped my googleEarth Cv into six sections. They are; personal, education, work experiences, trend reporting, awards and interests. Secondly, I assigned different colours of placemarks to each group. Then, I placemarked and added some descriptions to related locations. Final step is exporting my placemarks. That’s all.

I am absolutely dazzled by this resume. Ozgur says he’s not looking for a job, but I have to believe people will look for him because of his creativity. Yeah, it’s not machine readable. But who would you rather hire, someone who knew how to format in Arial font, or someone who told their life story on a map? It’s a real challenge to think about for recruiters. Are the creative people that you want slipping through the cracks because their resumes aren’t scannable?

For those of you who like to read in Turkish about cool trends, you can also check out Osgur’s Marketallica. And if you want a really cool way to see where Turkey is in an Earth flyover, you can download Google Earth for free.

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Frank Roche

Frank started IFRACTAL over 7 years ago with Sarah Chambers. Together, they've created HR communications and HR software for some of the world's leading companies. Frank is also studying Flamenco guitar and origami.

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