A flash animation resume can make you stand out in a crowd of applicants and give you an edge over your competitors. You can distribute this resume as attachment to mails or even host it on the internet and just send the URL to the concerned person. There are several methods of creating flash animation resumes. The method suitable to you would depend on how much you know about the flash, the kind of details that you wish to put in your resume, the job you are targeting etc. Here are a few methods that you can use for building a flash resume.
If you have some knowledge of flash or have done some animation in the past, then this should be easy for you. You can use any animation tool like Adobe Flash, Firestarter, FlareSWFlets or any other flash alternative to build your flash resume. The resume can be simple menu based without any animation or menu based with animation. If you are applying for a job as a graphic designer or some related job this can be your chance to showcase your skills. Even if you don't have any previous knowledge of flash, it is quite easy to learn and if you spend some time on it you can easily learn enough flash to create your flash resume from scratch.
If you don't have previous knowledge of flash or just don't want to spend enough time and effort to create a resume from scratch, there are some websites that allow you to create flash resume in easy to follow steps. You just have to enter the data in the given text boxes and the tool does the rest of the work for you. Most of such sites provide both paid and free services. Your options in terms of template, sound effects and other bells and whistles would be limited if you are a free user. You can also use their services to host your flash resume online, so anyone with the URL can view them and can download a text copy of the resume as well. This is good enough unless you are applying for a job where you are expected to have knowledge of flash. In such a case using a ready made flash resume can be worse than no flash resume at all.
When choosing images or animation that you are going to use with your flash resume you should remember that it is a resume and part of your job application. Choose the theme of your flash resume that reflects your personality, is not too casual and appropriate for the company and job position you are applying for.
Sound clips can be used in both flash resumes created from scratch and in automatically generated resumes as well. Similar to the animation and images you should avoid exotic or too loud sound effects that may distract the viewer from the main subject of the matter, which is the information about your qualifications and suitableness for the job.
When all is said and done you should remember that a flash resume is not a substitute for the traditional resume but should be used in addition to it. When designing and creating your flash resume you should make sure that they are easy to navigate and recruiter has no problems in finding relevant information. Additionally you should take advantage of the capabilities of flash and add buttons for things like generating and/or printing a text copy, emailing a response etc.