Show HN: What Do You Think Of My Resume?

I was initially curious, thanks to the novelty, but that quickly wore off. There's a cost involved in parsing the chalkboard text that doesn't exist when you're reading computer-generated text. A lot of clicks, too.

At the same time, it's less dull than a standard Word resume template, or something, so maybe you're on the right track.

My suggestion: Tell a more compelling story. You're rattling off a bunch of historical points, which, fine, that's how resumes work, but as long as you're breaking the mold, break the hell out of it. Start with a hook. Start by saying something so wildly compelling I cannot stop clicking until my curiosity is satisfied. Prove your worth by grabbing attention.

What the naysayers are missing is that it probably IS a good way to get hired. Yes, he's going to get dismissed by a sizable chunk of resume readers for all the reasons listed: no Facebook account, doesn't fit into HR's straitjacketed process, harder to mentally parse the handwritten low-contrast text, the focus on presentation buries the content, or just plain crackpot. But he needs to connect and stand out sufficiently to just one hiring manager to be a success.

He may have lowered his mean perception among readers of the resume, but he blew the variance through the roof. And that's what you need to be picked as the one best candidate for a job hire. Your mean perception has no relevance when you need to be 3 standard deviations above the population mean to get your desired result of being the top 1 out of 300 candidates.

i cannot read it. apparently you need a facebook account to see it.

Not sure about the resume, but you should probably put a shirt on in your profile pic if you want to be taken seriously. http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/161257_6809274_...

Ignore the haters, this is great. Obviously it won't resonate with everyone, but you're still going to do way better with this than with a traditional resume.

I am much more impressed by the contents than the presentational aspect. It buries the lede that you're a social marketer who empirically, repeatably gets measurable results.

I love how so many people feel the need to point out that they are too cool for Facebook.

I rank that up there with people who love to point out at every possible opportunity that they don't own a TV. Congratulations, here's a cookie.

To Mr. Kleinman: awesome idea :)

I'm a a bit curious about "Apple's TextPlus" I don't think Apple has an app called TextPlus.

Thanks for sharing a link only Facebook users can access. In the pure hacker spirit: open, transparent access for anyone.

This is a powerpoint presentation written in chalk. No thanks.

What strikes me about this is the positions he is looking at would be great with a creative thinker on board. And this shows his creativity.

It might not be as efficient as some of the other ads for being hired but it does the deal in being interesting and catching your attention. In the end, does anything else matter?

You should really run funnel analysis to see how many people loose interest at each successive screen.

I like what danilocomaps said. I would also add, put your e-mail address and phone number at the bottom of every chalkboard. No sense alienating someone who likes it but is too busy to get to the end.

My only concern is that some of your friends have commented on the pictures, and it kinda detracts from it. (example: second picture, comment at 9:30 am) What if someone were to say something negative?

I don't find the facebook login page a terribly compelling resume.

The naysayers below aren't part of your target audience. As someone who is, I think it's brilliant.

This method displays personality too often lacking in standard text-based CVs, so I like the idea of breaking the mold, but also agree with comments about not taking the idea far enough.

Facebook just recently changed the way Facebook pages operate, and you can now embed a media within an iframe. http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/462

I say keep FB (because, as you say, people will be checking for it) but throw in an intro video and some links to a CV and past work, and you'll be able to make the experience that much richer.

This is a brilliant idea. I wish I thought of it first. Its creative and gets the point across perfectly. Resumes need to be more creative and this is an amazing start!

It utilizes social media and is interactive, while still providing core information to the reader. It definitely catches my attention.

This is wonderful, but I would have used less words on the chalkboard as danilocampos points out.

Nice and creative though.

For a certain type of job; this would be good (but definitely supplement it with a real resume!!)

For most jobs it is useless.

For a certain other type of job it is an instant turn off.

With that said; marketing is one of the only areas I actively advise people to be creative with their CV's because it can pay off. So good idea.

Not to be nit-picky, but do you really mean 0.03 cents, or 0.03 dollars on the Slingshot Labs slide?

Clever, but maybe perhaps too clever for people who don't have that much time to look through all those photos right away.

Add a link as a caption for all of those photos to a nicely formatted resume created with LaTeX or something similar and you've got the best of both worlds.

well done. This definitely wouldn't work for most people, but it is a creative way to sell yourself as a social media guru, and I think potential employers will respond to that.

I like it. Visually interesting. It also helps that you know how to write a resume (use numbers, focus on results) and that you have some real accomplishments to talk about.

Nice.

Brilliant way to use Facebook to filter off people you don't want to work for. If they don't have a Facebook account, you probably wouldn't be happy working for them

Great job! But I just would have gotten someone with better handwriting to do the board. Also, change that profile picture!

I that resume is perfect for applying to Blackboard :) On a side note, I'd forgotten they even still make blackboards.

I, for one, believe your resume has worked out quite well for you considering the publicity on HN.

Nice, creative. But, Imagineer as an intern for writing a document? I don't think so.

I like it. A lot. We actually need someone like this. You should email me.

Very creative Bro, if you were a developer/coder you would have gotten lots of offeres for being creative, business/marketing guys do not have much credibility especially in this community, good luck!

A M A Z I N G. I was really impressed :).

Why is your Facebook profile private?

I can't see your resume because it's on facebook.

Very impressive credentials, well put together. I think it helps to see your smiling face, in a subconscious level. I have to ask, how did you get from 0 to 250,000 unique monthly visitors per month for linfo?