Show HN: HN Resume to Jobs – AI Powered Job Matching Tailored to Your Resume

Generally speaking, this is an interesting application.

Users will tell if it's useful, but regardless, I'm curious to apps that use LLMs in such ways... Returning lists.

The idea of using AI to tailor a resume to a specific job spec is promising. Although there isn't direct research on generating resumes using language models, I found related studies in MirrorThink.ai that provide insights into this application. For example, [1] demonstrates the potential of using prompt-based learning for extracting information from resumes with only a few labeled examples. Another relevant study, [2], explores the tradeoff between removing gendered information and maintaining useful job-related information in the resume screening context.

These papers suggest that AI models could be employed to analyze your existing resume and the job specification, and then generate a tailored resume that highlights the most relevant skills and experiences. The main challenge lies in striking a balance between tailoring the resume and maintaining an accurate representation of your abilities.

[1] A Few-shot Approach to Resume Information Extraction via Prompts - 2022: https://arxiv.org/search/?query=A+Few+shot+Approach+to+Resum...

[2] Degendering Resumes for Fair Algorithmic Resume Screening - 2022: https://arxiv.org/search/?query=Degendering+Resumes+for+Fair...

LinkedIn has a resume builder option now. Or you can just download your profile as a PDF.

? Personally I'm comfortable uploading my resume wherever - it's my resume, it exists to advertise my skills. I'd give it freely to anyone who asks, there's nothing on there I'd consider private almost by definition.

When I was headhunted for my current job, I asked him how he found me. The agent then told me that they had an AI system for finding and comparing candidates. He then reassured me that I was well qualified for the job he was pitching to me. So, I took the job, and I've never been happier!

Now, I wouldn't call my formal qualifications exceptional for the tasks I'm doing right now. You both need intimate tech knowledge and organizational skills, on top of some very specific knowledge about systems, algorithms, and AI. The width of tech you need to know for this job is kind of extreme, and IMHO that's not easy to read from my formal resume which mostly shows a background from teaching.

I do however have a personal tech blog and some projects on GitHub. I wonder how well their AI tracks such extraneous links, because if I was a tech company I'd first and foremost want to know specifics about what I know, how I apply that knowledge, and how easily I am able to learn and pick up new technologies. I think an AI is the perfect tool to automate such an analysis, so I'm wondering if that's what they did.

I guess opening Pandoras box would be to also employ forensic text fingerprinting to find other projects from the same author under various pseudonyms.