Show HN: An extension to turn your LinkedIn into a resume

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Post by mitchas » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 4:51 PM UTC

Show HN: An extension to turn your LinkedIn into a resume
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Re: Show HN: An extension to turn your LinkedIn into a resume

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Post by shyn3 » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 6:04 PM UTC

I'd list the type of output formats on the landing page.

.doc/.docx are mandatory for me to look at any resume generator.

Re: Show HN: An extension to turn your LinkedIn into a resume

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Post by clumsysmurf » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 6:11 PM UTC

It was a sad day when LinkedIn retired the official resume generator. It would be nice if they could at least export some XML for anyone to run with, but I guess its all about locking users into your walled off service.

Re: Show HN: An extension to turn your LinkedIn into a resume

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Post by kobiguru » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 6:12 PM UTC

can you add firefox to this .. for some reason i can not get the chrome to work on my system.

Re: Show HN: An extension to turn your LinkedIn into a resume

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Post by supermdguy » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 6:14 PM UTC

Wow, that works really well. It looks a lot nicer than the default "save as pdf" option.

Re: Show HN: An extension to turn your LinkedIn into a resume

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Post by mitchas » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 6:14 PM UTC

kobiguru wrote: post #4

can you add firefox to this .. for some reason i can not get the chrome to work on my system.

I actually just started looking into porting it to Firefox. I haven't made any extensions for FF before - and this is my first Chrome extension as well - so I'm not sure how much work it'll be to convert it. But it's definitely on the top of my todo list.

Re: Show HN: An extension to turn your LinkedIn into a resume

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Post by uoflcards22 » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 6:16 PM UTC

this is f'ing awesome

Re: Show HN: An extension to turn your LinkedIn into a resume

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Post by mitchas » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 6:19 PM UTC

shyn3 wrote: post #2

I'd list the type of output formats on the landing page. .doc/.docx are mandatory for me to look at any resume generator.

That's the hardest part of making an online resume generator. No real way to generate a .doc/x...

But good idea to let people know. I'll add it to the landing page.

Re: Show HN: An extension to turn your LinkedIn into a resume

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Post by kobiguru » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 6:20 PM UTC

mitchas wrote: post #6

kobiguru wrote: post #4

can you add firefox to this .. for some reason i can not get the chrome to work on my system.

I actually just started looking into porting it to Firefox. I haven't made any extensions for FF before - and this is my first Chrome extension as well - so I'm not sure how much work it'll be to convert it. But it's definitely on the top of my todo list.

Thanks a lot. Really appreciate it. I see that you are also the person behind indeed resume. I have used it too many times to count. Thanks a lot for that.

Re: Show HN: An extension to turn your LinkedIn into a resume

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Post by lowry » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 6:29 PM UTC

mitchas wrote: post #8

shyn3 wrote: post #2

I'd list the type of output formats on the landing page. .doc/.docx are mandatory for me to look at any resume generator.

That's the hardest part of making an online resume generator. No real way to generate a .doc/x... But good idea to let people know. I'll add it to the landing page.

It's actually feasible to generate a .docx, especially when using anchors for text.

But .odt is much easier.