Resume Republic – Awesome Online Resume Templates
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Perhaps a nice direction for a project such as this is to become more of a marketplace, similar to what you have with WordPress templates. This would mean more template diversity with the ease of use that you probably already provide with your CMS.
http://haganblount.com/infographic-resume/
I'm not sure if he's still creating them or not.
Here's a resume I made with WriteLaTeX, for example: http://goo.gl/30bBSM
Probably why you can get called into an interview for a job you don't have the experience for sometimes.
1. The agent reformat you resume in a common standard.
2. The agent add a custom section with the result of their "screening" and other client specific requests.
3. The HR of the client needs .doc
4. Client want to receive a single file with everything for a single candidate.
Agent is a shitty job. Sure when you place a candidate, there is a huge payday, but you still need to get through a lot of boasting candidates and clueless customers for which you will make no money at all. Also most companies would not be able to recognize that a candidate that is like Linus for a linux kernel job.
edit: not defending them. But I have some sympathy - they hear me whining about a company giving me an extra 5K a year when I make 4 times more than them.
Not that fancy engineer resumes are needed with the market being what it is these days, but you would probably achieve much better results by using a design-oriented tool. Even Word and LibreOffice allow you to arrange things with more precision these days.
This said, resumes are typically short enough that they really benefit from some hand-massaging of type and layout. LaTeX or other markup-based formats are good if your design skills are "can properly indent code" because they limit how much you can screw it up, but I don't see how you can produce a short, sweet and nice looking document with LaTeX without spending a week on it.
Shameless plug - I build a basic setup with Grunt to do live conversion so I can edit the HTML/CSS and see the result instantly on save. It's also set up to run simple scripts on rasterising, like creating a citations list or adding a "generated on" date https://github.com/alistairjcbrown/html-pdf-live-conversion
How do I delete my account or cancel my membership?
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Standard and Premium users
You need to send us a request with the reason why do you want to cancel your membership.
^ WTF? Why do I have to give a reason to stop paying for a service? Why not just have an optional feedback form next to a "Delete Account" button.
You don't have to ask to stop paying for their service. Taken from FAQ:
"Can I cancel membership anytime I want?
Yes. Absolutely. All users may cancel their membership on the site at any time. Simply go to Account settings and under Membership status you’ll see your club subscription with an option to cancel."
However, I still find it odd that you have to contact them in order to delete your account.
I'm not say that it isn't important, or that it shouldn't be done, but when launching, there is lower hanging fruit that I want to get done first.
My main assumption is that your first language isn't English, and that's fine, but maybe hire a English speaking copy-editor to help out with such issues?
-Do people really put their photos on their resumes??
-Given that resumes are often printed and reviewed in black and white, I think that would undo a lot of the effort that went in to the designs of the templates.
In spite of that I think the spirit of having a resume that doesn't come from a Word-provided template is worthwhile for job seekers.
A picture of someone pretty much immediately reveals age, sex, race, and could easily reveal religion (think a muslim or sikh) and disability status. Which pretty much covers the list of things you're not allowed to discriminate against.
Maybe its worth it for some. I don't think its worth $10/month or even a one-time $10 cost.
Side rant: Its seems that everyone is trying to build a subscription based business these days. What happened to just selling a product for a fixed price and be done with it.. why do people want to hook the customer onto some metaphorical treadmill. I hate that MS has started doing that with Office, adobe with Photoshop etc..
When I am doing interviews I like having a paper copy of the resume to that I can get inspiration for the "discussion" part of the meeting.
I've heard (and read [1]) that in certain European and Asian countries it's customary to include a photo with a resume, so perhaps that's why the option was provided.
1. http://www.expatarrivals.com/article/how-resumes-differ-from...
Pretty standard practice in Germany.
When I'm asked to help screen resumes for potential new coworkers, I mostly care what skills they think they have and what they've been doing the last few years, or if their grammar is particularly bad I worry about possible communication barriers. Pretty formatting or graphics only matter so far as they make it harder to find those things.
For what it's worth, I almost wish I was applying for a job at a commercial art house, just so I could use that black resume. Print that bad boy on some heavy, glossy stock, and there's no way they can turn you down!
There's definitely a hurdle to be overcome in marketing products to those people least likely to have money lying around, but I think that's mostly a question of demonstrating value. People will buy it if they think it's worth it.
Design wise, the picture is a good opportunity for visual appeal.