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A minor quibble, but I found the resume on the front page distressingly square. Also, an example resume might be useful to convince people to sign up.
is it maybe too hidden and not noticeable at first glance ?
Interesting, but I'm not sure why I'd use this rather than doing it on my own website.. I suppose it has a decent template, but couldn't I just create one in LibreOffice, export to PDF/etc and post it? If the appeal is the Video, Maybe you could push that more? If you're going after non-technical people (who couldn't do their own site), they're likely to just email a .doc, aren't they? I don't mean to be critical, I'…
Unfortunately, I think people will looking to hire based more on online presence- specifically LinkedIn and your blog (assuming you have one.) The access LinkedIn allows you to past employers and your network of colleagues is becoming crucial to hiring.
I built a small personal tool to do the same thing when I was asked for my resume recently and realized just how out of date my resume was. It was a much simpler, much less polished one, but I think there's a definite need for the service and that there are a good number of monetization opportunities around it (recruiters and companies are more than willing to part with money to hire folks). That said, there are some…
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