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Edit: also I want to emphasize the fact that this looks great on mobile, which isn’t something I always expect in this space. That said I’d consider bumping up the text size a bit (or allowing users to do so for their own profile).
(unsolicited) Feedback: Why are there other people on my CV? Who are they to begin with? And when a recruiter is looking at my CV, I don't want them clicking on other people.
I actually really like the concept of naming collaborators. Most great work is done in teams. Either through sparring or checking. The individualistic view on cvs does injustice to the complex dynamics of teams and performers.
But most teams don't produce great work - it's all dependent on the team makeup, bringing it back around to individuals.
I wish I was on a great team again - they seem harder and harder to find.
Congrats on the launch. Overall it's really clean and I like the design. Some quick feedback, which you can take with a grain of salt: * I was confused by the image CV on the homepage. It expected it to be clickable, and it took me a minute to find the View Demo button. * I love the collaborators feature. IMO this is one the biggest missing factors of LinkedIn (e.g. who did you actually work with on a small team) * I…
Thank you fellow Andy — Hear you about the homepage, hoping to completely redo it soon and create more abstracted visuals. In terms of the pointer, my current logic is to use cursor: pointer on anything that visually looks like a link (e.g. unstyled text), and to leave it as default for components that have a visual affordance that they are clickable (e.g. buttons or tabs). I realize this might not be the most web-li…
Otherwise, awesome sauce :)
This is visually very attractive. Have you considered supporting uploading structured resume formats like FRESH? Edit: also I want to emphasize the fact that this looks great on mobile , which isn’t something I always expect in this space. That said I’d consider bumping up the text size a bit (or allowing users to do so for their own profile).
(unsolicited) Feedback: Why are there other people on my CV? Who are they to begin with? And when a recruiter is looking at my CV, I don't want them clicking on other people.
The idea is that you're able to (optionally) tag coworkers and collaborators in your work experience and projects. Although this doesn't track 1:1 with the traditional CV use case, it felt like a great way to celebrate the people you work with and create lightweight endorsements. If you choose to print or save your profile as a PDF these tags are hidden automatically, making it much more of a traditional CV, appropri…
Just riffing off some ideas for the 'coworkers and collaborators' section as well since I agree that I wouldn't find it useful as a sometimes-recruiter in its current state.
I think the section could do with some more structure or information given. E.g. instead of just loose association with other folks who work at the same company, break associations into 'reports to', 'close teammates', 'manages' (or make that information visible on hover or something). There's probably a pretty cool hierarchical way to show this information but maybe people would find that too invasive. As someone who conducts interviews pretty often, understanding a person's team structure would definitely be useful, and would still serve the 'social proof' function you've described.
The collaborator's title while they were involved with that specific project might also make it easier to parse what the working relationship was between the CV owner and the collaborator as well.
Congrats on the launch. Overall it's really clean and I like the design. Some quick feedback, which you can take with a grain of salt: * I was confused by the image CV on the homepage. It expected it to be clickable, and it took me a minute to find the View Demo button. * I love the collaborators feature. IMO this is one the biggest missing factors of LinkedIn (e.g. who did you actually work with on a small team) * I…
Another option is to have the "view example" button visible even before the user scrolls.
This is visually very attractive. Have you considered supporting uploading structured resume formats like FRESH? Edit: also I want to emphasize the fact that this looks great on mobile , which isn’t something I always expect in this space. That said I’d consider bumping up the text size a bit (or allowing users to do so for their own profile).
This is visually very attractive. Have you considered supporting uploading structured resume formats like FRESH? Edit: also I want to emphasize the fact that this looks great on mobile , which isn’t something I always expect in this space. That said I’d consider bumping up the text size a bit (or allowing users to do so for their own profile).
Would you be able to provide a link to the FRESH format you mention? What other structured resume formats are there in widespread use?
Great idea and execution! I personally find the white space excessive and it's made more obvious on print. Unless someone is name dropping companies, I would expect a resume to have a lot more information in a higher density view. A cool idea would be to replace the facepile with various icons with numbers next to it to show quantified metrics that were accomplishments of various positions/projects ($X rev/# commits/…
oh god please don't make an engineer (at least) prove their worth in a bunch of silly metrics