Honestly, I'd rather have my resume turned into my LinkedIn. My reasoning is that when something comes to LinkedIn, it doesn't come out easily: it's proprietary and it's hostile. So it can't be where you trust to save your primary data.
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#12I really like it, but it would be good to have an editable version beyond just the text, either with a Microsoft Word or HTML/CSS. It would be good to be able to tinker around with the template to personalize it more, such as adding different sections.
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#13I really like it, but it would be good to have an editable version beyond just the text, either with a Microsoft Word or HTML/CSS. It would be good to be able to tinker around with the template to personalize it more, such as adding different sections.
Thats the next thing I plan on doing. I made the site ineedaresu.me a few years ago, and I'm going to build something similar, but much better, based off what I have here.
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#14Great idea.
In the past I’ve used high dpi screenshots and way too much time in photoshop to edit my LinkedIn page into a printable format that feels just like LinkedIn but doesn’t have all the extraneous crap around it you get on an actual printout.
People have responded super well to that approach when I’ve handed it out in meetings. All the LinkedIn chrome makes it feel very easy and familiar and authoritatively correct to them.
Any chance you could do a theme that’s as close to pure LinkedIn as possible? I basically want the print template that LinkedIn’s site should have rather than the one it does have.
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#15can 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.
serious question... are you thinking about ever open sourcing this?
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#16Great idea. In the past I’ve used high dpi screenshots and way too much time in photoshop to edit my LinkedIn page into a printable format that feels just like LinkedIn but doesn’t have all the extraneous crap around it you get on an actual printout. People have responded super well to that approach when I’ve handed it out in meetings. All the LinkedIn chrome makes it feel very easy and familiar and authoritatively c…
Good idea. I do want to get more themes in, and a pure LinkedIn theme would be good to have. I'll work on it!
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#17It 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.
I read somewhere about an EU regulations coming which would force platforms to provide a way for their users to get their data back. Reimplementing the XML export would be a good way to (partially) comply ahead of time.
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#18I'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.
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#19I'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.
You can generate Open Xml documents with the SDK. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa982683(v=office.1...
Re: Show HN: An extension to turn your LinkedIn into a resume
#20>So you're saving and selling my information, then?
>No. The information on your LinkedIn profile never leaves LinkedIn - except for your email address, which I am saving to use with some features in the future. I won't sell it, and I won't annoy you with pointless emails.
I think it's important to state this on the front page, particularly by the "No strings attached" section. Many would consider collecting their email an "attached string".
Otherwise, I think this is great -- looking forward to more updates!