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Re: Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional profiles

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Post by polk »

Uptrenda wrote: post #246

It's become a web trend to waste 60% of the screen by making ultra-thin, column sites with microscopic text. I don't know why. Apparently having a site 'look good' trumps being able to read it? I was curious what the font size for this site was and it seems to be 14px for key sections which is honestly way too small. On websites that optimize for readability (like news websites) you see at least 18px and upwards. The…

I think the design is great, just too small.

Try viewing the demo (https://read.cv/andy) on desktop at 125% zoom. Pretty much perfect.

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional profiles

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Post by iwangulenko »

vbtemp wrote: post #110

Definitely beautiful and would love for something simple and clean to eat LinkedIn's lunch. I don't have much to add in addition to everyone else except this: I am really disturbed by the common meme of faces-inside-circles. Why do we need faces? It just distracts from the content. I love the idea of being able to link former colleagues together - that's neat - but I'm very anti-face and there are any number of ways…

European tech recruiter here (again).

If I want to discriminate against you, I will anyway do so latest during the onsite.

I often have to skim through 200 CVs in a day and do >10 calls. I find it very convenient to have a face attached to the CV, because it helps me remember the person.

People hire people and people have faces.

I understand why people feel it is a burden to make and put a photo on the CV but I see so much updside also for candidates that I always recommend to add a photo. Here in Europe it's not forbidden but actually common. If you don't do it, you're the weirdo and your profile might get forgotten/ignored. Why risk this? I made a video to explain this once and not have to tell this to people again and again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELX85HAhHew

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional profiles

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Post by enriquto »

iwangulenko wrote: post #312
vbtemp wrote: post #110

Definitely beautiful and would love for something simple and clean to eat LinkedIn's lunch. I don't have much to add in addition to everyone else except this: I am really disturbed by the common meme of faces-inside-circles. Why do we need faces? It just distracts from the content. I love the idea of being able to link former colleagues together - that's neat - but I'm very anti-face and there are any number of ways…

European tech recruiter here (again). If I want to discriminate against you, I will anyway do so latest during the onsite. I often have to skim through 200 CVs in a day and do >10 calls. I find it very convenient to have a face attached to the CV, because it helps me remember the person. People hire people and people have faces. I understand why people feel it is a burden to make and put a photo on the CV but I see s…

> If I want to discriminate against you, I will anyway do so latest during the onsite.

It is different. Many people want to maintain their image out of the public internet. I would never use a service that forces me to show my face to the public (not that there's anything wrong with my face, I just want it that way).

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional profiles

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

Jestar342 wrote: post #306
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #302

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m not sure how this plays out, but I know of one company that has an HR policy, stating that résumés that come in with photos or images of the applicants are to be immediately rejected. I was told it was because they want to avoid bias charges.

Discard just the photo or the résumé entirely? If the latter - do they acknowledge the irony?

The latter.

And what is this "irony" of which you speak?

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional profiles

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Post by gdsdfe »

chrisseaton wrote: post #281
gdsdfe wrote: post #161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's actually the norm in some parts of the world to have pictures on resumes

What do they use the picture for when they get them?

I don't know maybe someone from europe can answer ... I was just point it out that north america is not the world.

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional profiles

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Post by watwut »

kelnos wrote: post #269
GoToRO wrote: post #263

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"This information is very important." Years != Experience ...but thanks for confirming the shallowness of the recruiting processes we've all experienced.

So you seriously don't believe that the difference between spending ~1 month or ~12 months or ~24 months at a company (all are possibilities, when a date range reads "2012-2013") isn't important information for a recruiter? This isn't strictly about experience; it's also about whether someone a company is going to invest time in is going to stick around for a while, or is going to hop around a lot. But regardless, ye…

Unless there is pattern of short stints, no. And if there is pattern over time, you see pattern.

I have seen quite dysfunctional toxic workplaces or teams. If you leave within one month, you have good social understanding and likely have better ethics then those who stayed. Those who stayed for long were all eventually compromised (meaning their ethics changed and they started to accept or do things they should not).

Our company have also few "trap" positions. The people there change quickly, because our hiring manager talks about positives (all true) and does not mention significant negatives. The more capable you are, the quicker you recognize the situation and leave.

It is perfectly fine to have some short stints.

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional profiles

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Post by gdsdfe »

MaxBarraclough wrote: post #181
gdsdfe wrote: post #161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's actually the norm in some parts of the world to have pictures on resumes

True, but I think there's a strong case to be made that it shouldn't be. It (further) opens the door to subtle biases on the grounds of ethnicity, age, and attractiveness, and has no obvious upside.

I do agree with you, I'm part of a visible minority, but some may argue that if the company have already a toxic environment I'd rather be off. This is especially true for small companies that media don't care about.

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional profiles

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Post by iwangulenko »

enriquto wrote: post #314
iwangulenko wrote: post #312

Earlier quoted context omitted.

European tech recruiter here (again). If I want to discriminate against you, I will anyway do so latest during the onsite. I often have to skim through 200 CVs in a day and do >10 calls. I find it very convenient to have a face attached to the CV, because it helps me remember the person. People hire people and people have faces. I understand why people feel it is a burden to make and put a photo on the CV but I see s…

> If I want to discriminate against you, I will anyway do so latest during the onsite. It is different. Many people want to maintain their image out of the public internet. I would never use a service that forces me to show my face to the public (not that there's anything wrong with my face, I just want it that way).

Usually, the firms require a PDF CV, so it is a private document shared between you and them, and it gets deleted after some weeks.
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