A Case for Responsive Résumés

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Unless you are a designer, do not waste time making the HTML for your resume more elegant.

If you're doing anything that touches web, I'd say it can be worthwhile to toy around with while watching TV or whatnot. Don't burn high-value time on it, for sure, but if you can spend low-value time it may be a good idea.

This runs counter to typical tips you see when writing your resume. Maybe if you're a designer you want a hosted resume. The reasons given aren't convincing anyway.

Having a resume on a single, unified URL is just as easy to forget to update as having a resume in another format (a possible exception being resumes generated from your github profile). Arguing against pdfs because they're outmoded is just nitpicking. Editing pdf files doesn't have to be a painful experience if you maintain a .doc(x) file that you export as a pdf. And really, how does a DIY HTML resume show potential employers you love what you do more than a DIY pdf resume that is also well-formatted?

This is a strange article for A List Apart. It seems that Andrew Hoffman was grasping at straws trying to think of something to write before his deadline came up.

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