It's 2024, what alternatives do we have to paper styled CVs?
Ask HN: Why are we still using CVs like old times?
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#2Re: Ask HN: Why are we still using CVs like old times?
#3If companies insist on filling in a web template, my experience is they have inflexible ERP systems and I'd rather not work there so I don't demand that either.
A CV's fine. I also print them. It costs less than $0.10 per page. How 1993.
Re: Ask HN: Why are we still using CVs like old times?
#4It's just information in one place, not necessarily paper style CVs. Of course companies need the candidate information. I have complemented my CVs with a website with more detailed info in the past, for example. My thinking is providing as much information as possible and also a summary of it which would be the CV itself.
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#5Re: Ask HN: Why are we still using CVs like old times?
#6It's just information in one place, not necessarily paper style CVs. Of course companies need the candidate information. I have complemented my CVs with a website with more detailed info in the past, for example. My thinking is providing as much information as possible and also a summary of it which would be the CV itself.
I think websites are much more elegant for a modern CV. It’s being looked at on a computer anyway, so might as well take advantage of the benefits of a website.
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#7Re: Ask HN: Why are we still using CVs like old times?
#8I have gotten feedback from many recruiters that I have an awesome profile, and some use it as an example to show others how to build theirs.