People writing CV’s look for all sorts of gimmicks and ideas to differentiate themselves from the crowd. 
Many of these gimmicks don’t usually help in the long run, and in many cases they damage the chances of those who created them.
As in many other cases, to be effective the idea needs to be within the boundaries of the “Closed World” of the problem.
So when thinking about how to impress their future employers people need to think about ideas that are related to them, their employers and the job they’re after.
Recently I came across such an idea, and will present it as part of a fictive CV that was sent to the company, ABC Advertising, in 2010.
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