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Ask HN: Would you pay to see the resumes of successful candidates in your field?

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If you were job hunting and not having any luck.

Nothing. There are lots of brilliant programmers out there with their CV on their website.

I agree with this. There are lots of talented developers out there with public resumes available for view. The problem isn't necessarily what's written on their resume alone. It's a combination of factors. That said, I think its more valuable for people to get advice on what things a potential employer would look for in a resume and among other things.

No. As a designer looking for work I’ve found that the people who truly want to work with me will ask for a portfolio and a friendly chat, maybe a link to my GitHub profile. Resume almost never comes into the discussion. I’ve also been on the recruitment side and understand why people looking for designers don’t really care for them.

But like one of the replies below, someone in finance or even the education might pay for this.

No. I don't think it would be helpful. It's hard to claim that successful developers got jobs in because of their great resumes, rather than from networking, or being a good interviewer, etc.

Now, if you had TONS of data and could say what sort of attributes in a resume are likely to get an interview, then that would be valuable.

I could see this being successful in finance. While I personally don't want to work for a big bank, I bet those that do would pay to see successful resumes--especially from "non-target" schools. However, I also think it would be unwise for the successful candidates to share their resumes so that might be something to consider.

Brandon,

I found this answer very insightful. I'd ask to ask you one or two more questions via email.

I don't see one on your profile though. Can you post it here?

Or email me at tapha@live.co.uk and i'll get right back to you.

actionbrandon@gmail.com

I'd be more likely to pay for substantive career coaching from someone who had done work I found impressive. The problem there is that people who have done work I'd like to emulate aren't likely to take money to be available for me to bounce career ?'s off of and give objective, meaningful advice.

A large number of successful developers don't need a current resume, or even a resume at all, to get work.

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