One looks like a movie poster. Another is a Facebook profile. One even requires a bar code. Are these insanely creative resumes a waste of time? Possibly, but these resumes landed job interview for their creators. 
We asked career coaches if and when it pays to be creative. The consensus: It depends where you're applying to.
"Your resume has to dress the part," says career counselor Lynn Berger. "Just like you wouldn't wear a miniskirt to a job interview, you need to match the resume to the job you're looking for."
Eric Gandhi got an email from Google after creating a resume that resembled a Google results page.
Joe Kelso, who made a resume like a monster movie poster, said his resume was his secret weapon: it got him an interview without fail.
Career coach Win Sheffield says you need to think back to the purpose of a resume: To get a meeting. "I read a book once where this guy sits down in a meeting and has a resume with bold letters, and it's underlined, and the interviewer says, 'I don't approve of this resume,' and the guy thinks to himself 'well, I'm here.'"
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This piece originally ran on Business Insider.
