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Resume.io - Crazy-simple online resumes with impression tracking.

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156 pointsjacobbijani61 comments

Fantastic idea and looks like it might be nice implementation, just not enough detail on the product for me to sign up and have a play.

No ToS, no privacy statement, nothing. Who are you?

Also:

1. Can I mark my account as hidden until I want people to see it?

2. What will you do with my data? Note, with LinkedIn it's pretty clear what they're going to do from the get-go just because of the nature of the service, with this there's nothing. Are you going to sell my details to recruiters? If so can I opt out? Do I have to pay rent if I do? Note some people won't care (perhaps a lot), this community is a bit of an outlier when it comes to privacy concerns.

3. What domain will I have, can I use my own?

4. Can I change the default style (as the example isn't really to my tastes)

Edit: One last thing, a full size example would be good too. You must have your own?

Agreed, its a little over-simplistic. Add a button with a FAQ or something and the content can be kept simple on the main page.

I signed up just to poke around. Here's a full page example:

http://resume.io/dangrossman/xisuxools3

There seems to be no style options and no domain/URL options. You just fill in boxes and it generates a random URL after your username as the resume. You can have more than one resume with different random URLs.

There's a LinkedIn import button to grab your list of employers and dates of employment, but it somehow gave me the wrong dates.

I guess I've recently gotten signup fatigue as previously I'd have made a throwaway for it, thanks for the example!

I think the random string is clever. My first instinct would be that you should be able to reach it at http://resume.io/dangrossman, but then if someone is familiar with the service they could circumvent the tracking URLs.

On the other hand, having a human friendly URL might be nice in the long run for easily finding people. Definitely a tradeoff.

I think resume.io/user/public would do fine, wouldn't it?

I'm working on adding relevant policy pages now. Building the site sounded more fun :)

Resumes are hidden until shared with people by giving them the URL. Everyone has a business card, which is public. I'm planning on making it so you can choose to have a resume replace your business card.

Here are mine:

- http://resume.io/jacob - http://resume.io/jacob/glistoisog

Planning on adding custom domains soon! Only the default style for now, but adding more to choose from is certainly something on the roadmap.

I think any move towards online resumes is great. It makes no sense that all recuitment is online yet all documents are off-line.

I don't keep a resume anymore, but on occasion someone asks me for one. I normally tell them I don't have one and point to my site, linkedin page, etc.

A couple of times recently I've been told that 'online resumes are not accepted'. Presumably because they can be changed after the fact. Ie - insert fake job, submit resume, remove fake job. Or something.

Of course, I just use the linkedin export to PDF option and send it to the lazy person shakes fist

But you might want to either (a) have a pdf export for people and/or (b) have a 'guarantee locked version' or something so that people know the version they are looking at hasn't changed since they first saw it.

Yes, I know, it's weird to want to refuse updates to a resume, but apparently people want that. It's more about ass-covering by documentation, but I guess that's what many people are about.

Locking is pretty interesting! Almost like having Resume.io notarize that copy of it.

Planning on adding .pdf and .txt export support soon for sure.

Thanks!

Or instead of locking it, you could just have a "Last modified" time stamp or a log indicating when modifications were made.

Well. There might be legitimate things that need to be corrected. Spelling / Grammar for instance. Why not have the last modified and a history. Save off the diffs so you can recreate the older versions for potential employers.

Another option is that a new revision generates a new random string for the URL and that revision is always available there.

What about versioning? I don't want all my versions exposed, but an ability to link to a specific version would be nice. Maybe a random url for each version. Your site could then guarantee that old versions can not be changed. Include the date of the version on the page, together with a link to the most recent version.

Different random url I suppose...

Not bad, a nice simple hosted resume solution. I'm not a designer but it seems to me that the visual distinction achieved by the indentation on the left side of resume items could be improved a bit. It all seems kind of mashed together and somehow hard on the eyes.

As mentioned in another comment, http://re.vu is a totally different approach that attempts to enable slick display of a ton of information.

I still prefer what I currently use: Markdown + pandoc + github + bit.ly. That gives me the following:

1. Version control, backup and hosting from Github.

2. Plain text for posting in the occasional web form or whenever else I might need a plain text resume.

3. One-command conversion to PDF using pandoc with a very simple LaTeX header (which I could automate with git hooks if I was lazy enough).

4. One-command conversion to HTML using pandoc, with a CSS file. I can jazz up the CSS and then print to PDF from my browser if I ever want something prettier.

5. Readable URLs using bit.ly that point to the latest version, for which I can easily view analytics by appending +, including country and referrer: http://bit.ly/mwhiteresume and http://bit.ly/mwhiteresumepdf

6. The awesomeness that is Github's Markdown style.

http://github.com/mwhite/resume

What does a live version of your resume look like, if you don't mind me asking?

Would love to see the final version.

I usually send people the Github markdown one as my main version: http://bit.ly/mwhiteresume. Then there is the PDF: http://bit.ly/mwhiteresumepdf. I don't really use the HTML but here it is: http://mwhite.info/resume/resume.html. Looks better than I remembered.

My resumes are typically tweaked to be job specific. Do I get to create just one generic apply-to-all copy?

How about tracking metrics other than just views? Following http://paulbutler.org/archives/experiment-in-testing-my-resu... there are: how far into resume one scrolls, clickthroughs on embedded links, inclusion/exclusion of sections (e.g. grades for recent grads).

You can fork a resume to a new URL and customize it for each job.

Interesting! Will look into those.

Who is the target market for this, exactly?

I guess it seems like "make a business version of X" is always sensible, so maybe this is like the business version of http://about.me/ ?

Personally, the resume process whenever I have applied anywhere has been: (1) make a beautiful resume in LaTeX, (2) export beautiful LaTeX resume to PDF, (3) get asked for an MS Word Doc or plain text so they can put it in their recruitment system.

Does passively posting a resume work for people? Does it lead to actual good recruiter interactions, rather than noise? Or is this for freelancers?

I agree that your job search has to be active. Check out http://workastic.com. I wrote it so that people know exactly what to do when they are looking for a job (the secret: activate your network and get referrals to the companies you want to work at).

It has the same idea of tracking who sees your resume, and more importantly, who does what with it.

Yeah it's simple. But if you want simple and better, http://re.vu/ is far superior.

There are probably other good ones that don't have uber-fancy domain names too. (http://resume.io/ and http://re.vu/ are fancy in different ways)

woah, that guy on their front page is serious stuff.

http://cl.ly/283i2B0y1p1W0G3J0f0q

Want a post up an example of a re.vu resume for comparison against this service?

Sure, how about this one:

http://re.vu/BarackObama

I must admit that this one does give a bit more useful info about Obama than the others give of themselves respectively.

Buried in their About page are the founders:

http://re.vu/stephen http://re.vu/bart http://re.vu/mikeharding

Hrmm...I like these, but just looking at the first two it doesn't give me much information. Or rather, not much information that a recruiter can use.

It's like it is talking, but not saying anything.

Better seems very subjective. I spent more time trying to figure out how to read a re.vu candidate's charts and visualizations than quickly digesting useful information about the candidate.

I am a fan of exploring portfolios. I am not a fan of exploring resumes. Especially when I would like to flip through a few hundred quickly.

same can be said for http://vizualize.me being "simpler, better, and far superior" as well

Tried it out, excellent execution. The Linkedin import is a killer.

But, what's the use case for a product like this? I mean, I had my CV on Linkedin for ages. Same goes for most of the professionals I know.

How does a product like this one - and the others mentioned in the comments - position itself in a space dominated by Linkedin and personal web sites (such as flavors.me)?

I'm curious of that too. What's the differentiator? If it's just that it's 'simple' then why not just create a simple facade over sites like LinkedIn (full disclosure I work there)? What incentive do users have in the long run to maintain yet another site with information about them. At some point after undergrad I went around tracking down all those about-me sites that accumulated around the net and had outdated or completely erroneous information. I get the feeling this would stale in the same way.

Can't see the linkedin import feature. Where is it? Such a simple site, can't believe I'm missing it.

I have mixed emotions about this post. It's both really frustrating & reassuring for me at the same time. I've been working (with a partner) on a very similar concept for the past couple of months.

Though I'd say that the features of ours are far more developed (we're implementing most of the ones I've seen suggested in this post); you're first to market. I guess the list of MVP features we've been working towards was just a little too long. Lesson learnt.

Sigh! I'll just have to get that signup page finished a little bit quicker.

Nice, although I must admit that it just gave me the idea to put my resume on Google Docs and track it with Google Analytics: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/07/google-docs-stats.h...

Often employers want Word Documents anyway, which I suppose they could export from Google Docs.

Not sure if it is possible to share documents with non-GMail email addresses on GDocs, which would be a must.

> Not sure if it is possible to share documents with non-GMail email addresses on GDocs, which would be a must.

This is possible. You can set a document to be visible to anyone with the link, so sign-in isn't requred. More info here:

https://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answ...

indeed.com supports resume posting.

It can take a resume upload or a linkedin profile and give you your own personalized resume URL like:

http://www.indeed.com/me/TreyHenninger

The resume search is awesome for employers too. http://www.indeed.com/resumes

Disclaimer: I work at indeed, but not on the resume product.

http://jobspice.com/ is another one that gives more control over visual presentation.

Resume.io looks very simple but too simple for me. I have been fiddling around with re.vu and am very impressed. I like the ease of creating interesting infographics and attaching my work. re.vu easily creates something that gives an employer an instant insight into who I am instead of just a name on a page of text.

I was hoping it would act as a linkedin importer with impression tracking. The thing I like about linkedin is that I keep that information updated anyway and if anyone needs to pull a resume they can do so from my profile. This, while nice, is more work - which makes it not all that useful.

Yes, quite good. It misses a few of the principles of a good resume though...

- Switch to a better font

- definitely lose the italics

- I'd drop the breadcrumb at the top of the resume view page, that could easily confuse someone reading it

- Certainly avoid usernames appearing on the public stuff

Good stuff :)

Nav bar only shows if you're viewing your own resumes.

Nice, albeit a bit too simple.

Another question (not just for you, but all online resume sites): How do you do identity management? I mean if I really wanted it, I could fake someones name, address, phone, (even photo, if that option would be available) etc easily, insert some false facts about education and work history and then let people start to google for it. I mean, you could always file a removal request, if you might stumble upon such a (your) faked profile, but you would have to ensure somehow, that the requester is the right person this time.

Or am I missing some mechanism to prevent this sort of identity thefts?

Hey everyone. I'm pretty new to Hacker News, but I had a friend refer me to this chat. I'd like to throw my own site into this conversation for feedback. I've recently launched resume site called Kareer.me. Its sort of in between resume.io and re.vu in terms of features. The main difference is that our site is more focused on the process of the job search, allowing job seekers to make individual resumes for each job application. Resumes are traceable and private.

Love to get any of your feedback! Check it at http://www.Kareer.me

I created an online resume using re.vu and found it to be very easy. The thing I like the most is the fact that it can be updated and shared quickly. There are some limitations, but that is mostly on the analytics side (an email from the CEO informed me that deeper analytics are coming soon.

I think the move to infographics helps tell a more complete story. It took me about an hour to complete my re.vu profile. I've shared it with some colleagues and all would use this to learn more about a candidate. I think the devil is in the details.

Travis re.vu/TravisSheridan

Looks good. I signed up to play around with it. One thing that confused me at first was the resume link appends a random string of letters after your account. So my resume is at http://resume.io/gabe/staujevooc.

I thought "Staujevooc" was a last name and my account got confused with someone else's.

Can the randomly generated string be numbers instead? I don't want to send out that link to someone and have them ask, "Who is Gabe Staujevooc?"

heh, it uses a function that makes pronounceable (attractive) strings, but you're sort of right, it does sound like part of the name...

Cool idea though I wonder if you apply to a job at say a large Co or firm, most likely the resume will be looked at printed/copied into word/outlook and mailed around - smart tracking system thwarted though this is more for targeted resume applications.

Other issues is that many sites/firms etc require word or pdf resumes and are skeptical (at least for most non techie positions) of anything that is neither.

Clean and simple, just how I like it. Nice work on the LinkedIn importer.

Edit: Forgot to add, some more explicit privacy options would be cool. Also the "card" on the homepage (http://resume.io/{username}) seems to not be working correctly(?)

Nice to see another resume app out in the wild. Mine is http://www.cvstash.com. I think yours have a more minimalism feel.

http://zerp.ly is similar too. I like the clean style of resume.io though, I wish zerp.ly provided something as simple.

A guy I know built this http://my.ceevee.com/ . It might be interesting for you to compare and contrast.

Other similar websites:

http://re.vu/

http://www.vizualize.me/

as someone who hates linkedin and the type of behavior it promotes, i think this is great.

awesome work jacob. ^_^

Simple and effective. This is awesome!

Was wondering if it is possible to change the URL of the resume page?

Would it be possible to have a "Projects" field similar to Experience, Education, etc.?

Love your work Jacob. Looks great, easy as hell to use and well executed. Respect. :-)

Where is the import from Linkedin option?

I think there was some confusion. A competing product mentioned in the comments, re.vu, has that option.

Once you sign up, go to http://resume.io/home and click on the "Import LinkedIn profile" link on the lower right corner.

viewed impressions is not the most important number..

if you look at the typical hr or recruiter workflow its when they copy/paste the resume into an email impressions that matters..

that is why with my boilerplate framework I use tynt services to track that..

boilerplate framework should be up over this weekend at my github account..

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