As a designer, this is how I got my current day job(not using recroup). I didn't send a resume, I designed a book that walked the employer through my accomplishments.
Are you a software designer or another type of designer? If a software designer, are you more into the graphics? I've always appreciated how people in creative "non-technical" fields - or those who straddle the creative and techie worlds - present their work history/portfolio in ways that tech folks generally don't/can't. I'm a miserable failure at getting beyond the standard resume/work sample model.
