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iwangulenko wrote: post #2

Tech recruiter here. Love the templates, they are very readable. Yet, the biggest problem with such builders is that people hate data-entry.

Thank you!

I know, I wanted to add a LinkedIn integration but they don't allow it unless you're a partner.

So, I tried to mitigate the "data-entry hate" by showing the resume being updated in real time.

Re: Show HN: Resume builder – beautiful, highly customizable templates

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Post by zhte415 » Mon, May 11, 2020, 11:49 AM UTC

micael_dias wrote: post #4

zhte415 wrote: post #3

What did you use to generate the resumes?

I've used react-pdf[1] to generate the resumes and react-pdf[2] to display them [1] https://react-pdf.org/ [2] https://github.com/wojtekmaj/react-pdf

Thanks for the reply. The resumes look great.

Re: Show HN: Resume builder – beautiful, highly customizable templates

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Post by iwangulenko » Tue, May 12, 2020, 3:43 PM UTC

micael_dias wrote: post #5

iwangulenko wrote: post #2

Tech recruiter here. Love the templates, they are very readable. Yet, the biggest problem with such builders is that people hate data-entry.

Thank you! I know, I wanted to add a LinkedIn integration but they don't allow it unless you're a partner. So, I tried to mitigate the "data-entry hate" by showing the resume being updated in real time.

killer feature suggestion: You can ask people to download a pdf from their Linkedin profile and parse that (it is doable because it is standardized and a lot of startups depend on it, so unlikely that Linkedin will change it)

Re: Show HN: Resume builder – beautiful, highly customizable templates

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Post by micael_dias » Tue, May 12, 2020, 11:55 PM UTC

iwangulenko wrote: post #7

micael_dias wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you! I know, I wanted to add a LinkedIn integration but they don't allow it unless you're a partner. So, I tried to mitigate the "data-entry hate" by showing the resume being updated in real time.

killer feature suggestion: You can ask people to download a pdf from their Linkedin profile and parse that (it is doable because it is standardized and a lot of startups depend on it, so unlikely that Linkedin will change it)

Oh that's a great idea. I already found a php parser for it. Thanks for the suggestion.