🎨 160+ Creative & Beautiful Personal Logo Ideas for Your Resume

An eye-catching personal logo, monogram or wordmark adds a professional touch and makes your resume stand out.

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I’ve already shared with you 123 Beautiful Personal Logos, Monograms and Wordmarks For Your Inspiration. Here are 169 more, beginning with a section of animated personal logos.

Get inspired by the best, then go out and get/make your logo. Put it on your resume, references sheet, business cards, email signature…

Enjoy!

But first…

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Personal logos
Cole Bemis, Designer	Adam Flynn, Graphic Designer
David Urbinati, Animator	Kamil Koperwas, UI/UX Designer
Tahir Yuksel, Product Designer	Jeremiah Wingett, Designer
Angela Light, Designer	Enrique Engels, Insect Photographer
Luke Kirkwood, Web Designer and Developer	Nigel Ortega, Photographer
Sally Barrett, Editor and Writer	Julia Demetriou, Bead Creation and Patterns
Jason Grover, Photographer	Harvey Esparcia, Graphic Artist
Umair J, Web Developer	Matt Hunt, Photographer
Tarcan Yakan, Artist	Oscar Sanabria, Graphic Designer
Samo Vidic, Photographer	Michelle Sadgrove, Photographer
Lindsay Quinn	Dalal Nizam, Graphic Designer
Daniel Patterson, Designer	Gary Sfez, Movie Director
François Virga, Architect and Designer	Jose Mendoza, UI/UX designer
Luis Monteiro, Artist	Ashley Henry, Seamstress
Ryan Tait, Web Designer	Jørund Jenssen Berg, Graphic and Web Designer
Lawrence Anderson, Product Designer	Brandon Arthur Roth, Artist
Falisha Ann, Graphic Designer	Marianna Mohney, Web Designer
Laura Sánchez, Designer and Photographer	Shelby Marie, Graphic Designer
Jamie Sama, Artist	Lori Fuller, Photographer
Isabelle Moura, Naturopath	Narendra Keshkar, Freelance Graphic Designer
Sohail Shahid, UI Designer	Michal Caba, Graphic Designer
Andrei Venal, Artist	Robert Puente, Designer
Jake Vela, Graphic Designer	Andre Araujo
Cassidy Rivera, Artist	M. Vupora, Designer
Shahad Hassan	James Yates, Photographer
Pedro Ajo, Web Designer	Peter Steven, Freelance Web Designer
Amir Karahasan, Web Designer	Danilo Giagnoli, Graphic and Web Designer
Jana Bujňáková, Photographer	Ignatov Denis, Graphic Designer
Matt Brand	Jesse Jones, Photographer
Stina Jones, Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Doodler	Jonah Grant, Developer
Daniel Núñez, Graphic and Web Designer	Dominik Pacholczyk, Graphic and Web Designer
Den Kazakov, Designer	Aleksandra Wolska, Artist
Ivan Manolov, Graphic Designer	Vladimir Adrianza, Business Consultant
Steven Hower, Graphic Designer	Matija Jakovljevic, Web and Graphic Designer
David Corbera, Photographer	Luis Afonso, Digital Artist
Marco Gonzalez, Designer	David Michael, Product Design
Noah Borer, Video Producer	Meybosch Jeroen, Designer
Tabitha Kristen, Graphic Designer	Asmir Sinanovic, UI/UX Designer
Robert E. Morgan, Programmer	Dario Calonaci, Graphic Designer
Katy, Graphic Designer	Mauricio Alanis, Art Director
Bartosz Magier, Artist	Marco Bahena, Designer
Roxana Dawid, Photographer	Amy Ormond, Artist
Aakash Soneri, Graphic and Type Designer	Douglas Cavendish, Graphic Designer
Houdini, Escape Artist	Jennifer Miller, Artisan
Timothy James, Musician	Amy White, Graphic Designer
Evan Kistron, Lawyer	Quan Vu, Graphic Designer
Ian Grant, Photographer	Julio Quintella, Designer
Elise Kim, Fashion Designer	Gary Chew, Graphic Designer
Stephen Park, Graphic Designer	Kauser Khan, Artist
Willian Gomez, DJ	Jonny Rix, Web Designer and Developer
Cseke Eszter, Photographer	Maia Rojas, Artist
Gerard Kearney, Magician	Franck Juillot, Graphic and Brand Designer
Ricardo Seco, Fashion Designer	Elias Joidos, Photographer
Karl Johnston, Photographer	Taylor Barnes, Photographer
Allan Butson, Personal Finance Planner	Rorie Cowan, Business Consultant
Adam Duncan, Designer	Jamila Taylor, Lawyer
Kristoffer Svanmark, Web Developer and Graphic Designer	Jennifer Moore, Graphic Designer
Jamie Evans, Graphic Designer	Chad Allen, Magician
Melinda Albert, Mobile Designer	Ryan Miranda, Graphic Designer
Heidi Mottram, Accessory Designer	Shaun Ring, Photographer
James Forbes, Plumber	Janne Darwin, Photographer
Mateusz Koziorowski, Web Designer	Ezra Millstein, Photographer
Ryan Bloom, Graphic Designer	Martin Kastelov, Web and Graphic Designer
Ivan Anderson	Miro Kozel, Art Director and Designer
Chuck, Freelancer	Marek Mundok, Freelance Graphic Designer
Wordmarks
Rafael Klein, Producer	Annamaria Szentpetery, Graphic Designer
Nelo, Graphic and Web Designer	Mariana Garcia, Photographer
Matt D’Angelo, Designer and Photographer	Diana
Patricia Cardoso, Designer	Matt Nagy, Graphic Designer
Evan Thomas, Graphic Designer	Paul Hector, Graphic Designer
Sam Clarke, Graphic Designer	Paul Carbo, Web Developer and Designer
E.F. Cuttin, Music Professional	Enis
Dan Nisbet, Graphic Designer
Monograms
Johann Dizon, Designer	Matias Nadal, Song Composer
Ashley Elizabeth Vella, Graphic Designer	TY Wilkins, Graphic Designer
Dan Simon Freebairn, Graphic Designer	Reghardt Grobbelaar, Designer
Saadullah Aleem, Graphic Designer	Boudewijn Vermolen, Designer
Caila Brown, Designer	Sebastian Homeie, Designer
Stuart Thursby, Graphic Designer	Connor Blackwell
GBG	Jiri Chlebus, Graphic Designer
Manuel J Rivera, Graphic and Web Designer	Sean O’Brien, Graphic Designer
Raphael Lebec, Graphic and Web Designer	Anthony Lane, Logo and Identity Designer
Antonella Muscat, Photographer	Robin Bond
Maurizio Colella, DJ, musician and producer	Marcos Cesar, Graphic Designer
Sean Heisler, Designer	Julia Rufener, Graphic Designer

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🔧 The Best Free Job Interview Tool You’re Not Even Using

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3 Reasons to Have a Work Portfolio

You might feel a little strange compiling a work portfolio (aka a career portfolio), especially if you have to fill it with rather abstract reports and things, which you might if you’re in a certain type of work. However, there are lots of great reasons to have a work portfolio.

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Here are just a few:

1) To solidify your resume

The actual process of making a portfolio helps you find out what you’ve actually done in your work so far – whether you’re still in college or have been in the work force for years.

By creating a portfolio, you can find more concrete accomplishments to list on your resume. Even if you don’t use it for every job interview, you’ll still have a more polished resume to present to potential employers.

2) To make a good impression

Having a portfolio at an interview makes you seem more put-together and prepared, which is impressive for potential employers.

3) To build your credibility

A portfolio is also excellent for lulls in an interview or for giving interviewers concrete answers to their questions. For instance, when asked what experience you have in your particular profession, you can pull out a report or give concrete statistics about what you’ve done.

Notice how the word “concrete” has come up a couple of times in this list?

Having real items to show potential employers, whether they are reports that you have actually written, statistics about your job performance, or samples of projects you’ve been a part of, can help employers understand the value of what you can bring to a work team.

What is a Work Portfolio, Anyway?

Now, you might be wondering what exactly a portfolio is.

When you hear the word, you think about art projects or slides that a graphic designer might display. Your portfolio doesn’t have to be anything like that. All it needs to be is a folder full of samples of your work. It can include photos, reports, brochures, lists of statistics, and anything else you can think of.

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For example, if you were involved in the planning of a major event at a theater, you can include a brochure for that event. Even if you did not work directly on the brochure, you can use it as a concrete reminder of what you did do during that project, so you can bring that up in interviews.

As long as everything in your portfolio ties in directly to your work experience and offers logical glimpses into your work experience, you’ll be helping yourself by putting one together.

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5 Tips for Creating and Using a Portfolio

There are all sorts of ways to make your portfolio unique. Some people have both hard copies and a PowerPoint presentation saved on a disc or USB thumb drive.

The key is to make sure your portfolio is organized and neat looking. If you’re in a field like graphic design or advertising, you’ll also want it to be visually attractive. In other fields that rely less on visual arts, just make sure that it’s neat and easy to navigate.

Here are some tips for creating and using your work portfolio:

1) Never assume you don’t have enough to fill a portfolio

Even college students can include transcripts, letters of recommendation from professors, and even college papers on work-related topics.

2) Include anything positive

Include performance reviews from former bosses, copies of certificates for training and awards, writing samples, design samples, testimonials from clients, a list of your accomplishments, a list of things you can do that aren’t necessarily on your resume, and your complete resume. In this instance, your resume can spill over the standard one-page, and can be more like two pages.

3) Formatting counts

Put a table of contents at the beginning of your portfolio, and number the pages so that you and potential employers can navigate it easily.

4) Use a three-ring binder with plastic page covers for your portfolio

This allows you to keep different-sized sheets of paper together, and it allows you to rearrange or add to your portfolio over time. This way, you don’t have to re-create it every time you have new things to add.

5) Take your portfolio to every interview

You don’t always need it, but you should definitely have it with you. If you think it’s a really great way to connect with interviewers, make it conspicuous when you walk in. Many interviewers will ask what you have with you when they see it. If you’re a little less confident, leave it tucked away, and only pull it out if you know you can use it to answer a question more fully.

Putting together a work portfolio can take time, but it can also be an excellent way to set yourself apart from the crowd during an interview.

If you’re nervous during your interview, it may help you feel more confident. Instead of stuttering around trying to explain your work experience, you can pull out your portfolio and have concrete examples of your work to guide your interviewer’s questions and your own answers throughout the interview.

Sample work portfolio for any profession

Wondering what a work portfolio looks like?

In this video, Gary Meehan shows off his simple yet effective work portfolio binder that he brings to job interviews:

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📺 50 Uber Popular Job Search Videos You Need To See

The best and most-viewed YouTube videos for job seekers who hate looking for work and want to improve.

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If you’re like me, you use YouTube almost as much as you use Google to find information. Sometimes, you just want to see how it’s done instead of reading a step by step guide, right?

Or maybe you’re looking for the answer to a question, and Google sends you to a video on topic. Then you get distracted by the similar videos that YouTube suggests you watch next, because YouTube is pretty good at that kind of thing. And those might include a related classic movie clip or two…

In the interest of saving you a lot of distraction time and helping your job search along the way, I compiled this list of the most popular job search-related videos on YouTube.

It’s all here:

• Expert job search tips and advice on the topics most job seekers need help on
• “How to” clips from job boards and other services on how to get best results
• The funny stuff, including classic movie/tv clips, comedy sketches, pranks, ad parodies and cartoons
• Even someone’s amazing video resume

Some of these clips are borderline NSFW, mostly for language, and I’ve added a mention in their titles about that.

Enjoy!

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50. Real English 24 b – Dream Job with subtitles

In this clip for ESL students to see how people speak English conversationally, the interviewer asks “what do you do for a living? Is that your dream job? No? What IS your dream job?”. As you can imagine, surprisingly few people work at their dream job.

49. Focus Your Search with the LinkedIn Job Search App

Use the Advanced Search feature of the LinkedIn Job Search app to filter, target and find a job you love.

(If you’re using your smartphone to job search, which you should, check out my lists of Android job search apps and iOS job search apps.)

48. How to find a new job using LinkedIn?

A quick guide on how to use LinkedIn to job search, and why “the real power of networking is in the SECOND degree!”

47. How to search for jobs with Indeed.com

Indeed.com’s overview of its job search engine, search options and what you’ll see on their job search results page.

46. Improve Your Job Search with StartWire

“Find out how you can improve your job search with StartWire.com! Join today and start getting automatic updates on your job applications.”

45. Job Search : Foamy The Squirrel [NSFW]

Germaine searches for a new job after quitting her old one.

44. Seinfeld – George Costanza ponders about potential jobs

Classic Seinfeld moment when George quits his job in a fit of rage without another job lined up, and him and Jerry discuss what he can try to do next.

43. Dreamjobs: the best job in the world, probably [NSFW]

Dreamjob.com.br’s viral ad about a massage therapist for bikini models who’s had enough.

42. MY DREAM JOB (REACT: Opinions)

A lot of kids and a few other people get asked what their dream job is.

41. Job Search Tip #9 – Explaining Employment Gaps

“There are many reasons why you might stop working for a period of time. Your resume usually reflects these gaps in your employment history (also called resume gaps). This is where your cover letter can fill in the blanks.”

40. Job Interview Question & Answers for freshers – Free Job Interview tips & English Lessons

Common job interview questions and answers for freshers (new college grads, in India). For a more detailed take, check out How To Get a Sweet First Job After College or University.

39. Job Search #23 – Best Practices for Emailing Potential Employers

How to contact employers over email, something job seekers have a tough time doing. For starters, use one of these awesome email subject lines that job seekers are using to get results.

38. Turn Twitter into your career search engine

Dan Schawbel explains how to use Twitter in your job search search. After watching the clip, take a look at my free Ultimate Twitter Job Search Guide.

37. Video Resume: Google Please Hire Me

Matthew Epstein’s studio-quality video resume aimed at getting a job at Google (it didn’t work, unfortunately).

36. Ridiculous Job Interview Prank – Ownage Pranks

“This guy recently applied for a web hosting company and had 2 in-person interviews. He knows nothing about web hosting technologies but is really hoping to get the job, I decided to call him for a 3rd interview, things get ridiculously hilarious.”

35. Training for your Job Interview best english learning program

Another video for ESL students on job interviewing. Specifically, how to ask questions in job interviews. (Here are 175 job interview questions to prepare from)

34. The Pursuit Of Happyness – Job Interview

A classic clip from the movie with a great line, where Will Smith’s character has a job interview problem.

33. Subway Job Interview Prank

“A viewer submitted this number to me after having a miserable experience at a Subway location and getting food poisoning. I decided to call them up as Rakesh and see if they’d hire me for a job, things didn’t go very smoothly, but it becomes pretty obvious why he got food poisoning in the first place.”

32. The Job Interview…Part 2 (prank)

(Part 1 is further down the list at #13)

“This job interview was set up by the owners of Pets Plus. Josh is the manager of the Philadelphia store and was asked to come to the Lansdale store to interview Tetse. He had no idea who we were. The rest is history.”

31. Chopper Reid Job Interview [NSFW]

In this comedy sketch, Chopper Reid demonstrates the best way to get a job. From the Ronnie Johns Half Hour.

30. Learn English – A Successful Job Interview [English Conversation] FULL

This 3rd video aimed at English Second Language students demonstrates an entire job interview.

29. 08 Common Interview Questions and Answers – Job Interview Skills

Why interviewers ask certain questions, what kinds of answers they’re hoping for and common mistakes job seekers make. After the clip, check out 7 Common Job Interview Questions That Can Trick You.

28. José Vs. Joe: Who Gets A Job?

“How much does your name really matter when applying for jobs?” Unfortunately, job search discrimination is real and you need to know how to defeat it.

27. Why I Hate Interviews [NSFW]

A-list YouTuber GradeAUnderA with a funny rant about job interviews.

26. “Why should I hire you” – Best Interview Questions and Answers

Don Georgevich advises how to answer this common interview question.

25. How to Land a Job with Grace Helbig

This Marriott Hotels ad makes fun of interviewers with crazy interview questions.

24. Interview Dos and Don’ts

A basic guide to job interviewing from Vault.com.

23. If Everyone Was Honest At Job Interviews

“Try being more honest at your next job interview. Or not.”

Favorite quote: “as a woman, I wouldn’t expect for you to get past a surface-level observation”

22. Interview Question: Tell Me Something About Yourself?

Learn how to face what is often the first question of many job interviews.

21. Interview questions and answers

“Learn how to better perform in an interview with real simulations of interview situations, including a professional review of popular interview questions.”

20. Every 7 Seconds: Job Interview [NSFW]

“They say a man thinks about sex every 7 seconds…” and how it would hilariously impact that man in a job interview.

19. The Interview

A funny job interview cartoon about how bad a job interview can go.

18. Lie Detector

Another funny sketch: “Dane only has one chance to make a stellar first impression. Good thing there’s a lie detector present at his job interview! *BEEP* He’s screwed. And he’s going to find out just how much the truth really hurts.”

17. Welcome to LiveCareer Resume Builder

LiveCareer Resume Builder provides you with step by step tips and advice to build the perfect resume and land your next job!

16. Job Interview Tips: Tell me about yourself. Example of a good answer.

So many people are concerned about answering this interview question, this is the second popular clip here on the topic.

“This is an example of a GOOD way to answer this question.”

15. Job Interview Skills – Questions and Answers

“Some common questions you will be asked and how to answer them! Learn what to say to impress and get that job!”

14. Pepsi Max – OFFICE INTERVIEW Ad

A terrific, classic job search-related ad from PepsiMax: a job seeker collaborates with his friends to boost his odds of getting the job.

13. Job Interview Prank…Part 1

(Part 2 is above at #32)

***Josh is the store manager in Philadelphia. Bruce is one of the owners of Pets Plus and asked Josh to come to the Lansdale store to interview Teste. We were there an hour before setting up the cameras***

12. Good Interview Answer to “Tell me about yourself”

Don Georgevich also covers the basic introduction question of many job interviews.

11. Key & Peele – Job Interview [NSFW]

Comedians Key & Peele do a take on what happens when the previous interviewee had things go so well…

On to the Top 10, where each video has over 5 million views…

Top 10 most popular job search YouTube videos

10. Tell me about yourself – The perfect answer.

(are you noticing a theme yet?)

A UK-based guide on how to answer “the most common interview question.”

9. Job Interview Tips – Job Interview Questions and Answers

Maggie Mistal explains how to ace your next job interview.

8. Singapore Parody of Dreamjobs video, Massage Therapist for Models with Everijob! [NSFW]

Everijob.com.sg does a parody of Dreamjobs.com.fr’s massage therapist parody (above at #43).

7. Resume Tip #15 – Using Action Verbs

Stay away phrases like “responsible for.” Instead, use action verbs to turboboost your resume (here’s a list of 500 to choose from).

6. Workin’ Stiff | A Mickey Mouse Cartoon | Disney Shorts

“Mickey and Donald struggle to help Goofy get through a job interview.”

5. Top 10 Interview Questions and Answers (English)

“This video contains information about top 10 interview questions and answers with examples and important points to remember.”

4. LG Ultra HD 84″ TV PRANK (METEOR EXPLODES DURING JOB INTERVIEW)

LG wanted to show off who realistic their new TVs are, so they pranked job interviewees with a meteor explosion. Well, supposedly. The “interviewees” were in on it, but it still looked cool.

3. 10 Fun Jobs You Wish You Had

“Ten of the best jobs in the world. People making a living off fun and some unusual work!”

2. Silly Job Interview – Monty Python

Classic Monty Python skit of an absolutely ridiculous job interviewer.

1. World’s Toughest Job – #worldstoughestjob – Official Video

American Greetings made an ad for mother’s day cards by interviewing candidates for the “world’s toughest job”, making them appreciate what their mothers do for them.

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