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How are these resume lines "proven?"

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At a guess, they're gleaned en-masse from the résumés of those working at 'prestigious' companies.

e.g. SWE at Google - "these résumé lines must be good!"

They make you pay for that? Interesting, there’s a market for everything.

I don't think there is much of a market for lines, maybe a complete review, though.

I totally agree the product isn't for everyone. I have a number of friends who regularly source a number of example lines from LinkedIn and their friends when they want to update their resume. Some people will continue to do just that while some people would prefer to pay for the convenience of all lines being shown to the user in one place. Thanks for the feedback!

Same here, I am always retooling my profile. There is definitly a market for that but it might be a less for a tech oriented crowd. You could also think about a similar project about job titles and the demands / qulifications that similar companies listed in the past for that, i.e. if I want to become the CIO of a mid-size manufacturing firm, what qualifications did similar firms request in the past and how were they wording it. I would encourage you to be more creative with your pricing because currently I would not be subscribing. Something like a high one time fee (for those that have some sort of urgency ($29 for 1 month)) and a really low per month fee ($2.45 per month for 12 month).

Thanks for the feedback! The pricing is something a lot of people have asked about so I will review it in the coming month.

I think this service combined with a review services would be an even greater market. I've not had much luck with professional reviewers, though I've admittedly not used anyone local or expensive. I usually get vague feedback from online reviewers with basic hints (like, "You need to use less action words and more accomplishment words") so a service like this would give me the ideas the reviewer didn't. I've already found a couple of ideas in the free section.

Hey thanks for the feedback! Glad you found some ideas in the free section. I think a complete resume review is a natural next step for the product - we have people in our network who are willing to do complete resume reviews.

Haha yes, that's exactly what we did. Though we went through another internal iteration of selecting lines amongst all those resumes that we found effective. For context, we've reviewed about 600 resumes so far and only picked around 300 lines. More will be added to both the main page (free content) and the paid page.

I have my doubts. The website does try to associate itself with these companies but some of the lines look like they are referencing side projects or very small startups.

> Doubled new user acquisition from 10-15 users to 20-25 through the implementation of new marketing strategies focused on online advertising and improving the company's web presence, social media, and search engine optimization.

> Identified steps to reduce return rates by 10% resulting in an eventual $75k cost savings

> Designed and implemented 50+ E2E tests using Selenium & Protractor, simulating each user group's actions

Hey! Thanks for the feedback. It is acceptable and in fact completely recommended to include side projects and small startups on your resume. Based on my review of 500+ successful resumes, I've found that many candidates use their side projects and part time consulting gigs to showcase skillsets outside their full time job.

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