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

#81

Post by mitchas » Thu, Feb 08, 2018, 5:56 AM UTC

t0mbstone wrote: post #79

Very cool! I've been wanting something like this ever since LinkedIn removed their export functionality. Only one problem... It only seems to be able to grab my most recent 2 job experience items? I would very much like the ability to configure it so that I could tell it what parts of my LinkedIn profile I wanted it to include instead of just automatically cherry-picking parts of it.

That's one thing I really want to improve...

So right now it's grabbing your entire profile, but then it deletes the oldest entries to get everything to fit on one page.

I'm planning on making it so you can pick and choose what goes on it instead of it doing it automatically.

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

#82

Post by mitchas » Thu, Feb 08, 2018, 6:04 AM UTC

wolco wrote: post #78

I thought there was a download resume link. Maybe they removed it.

There was (is?)... but it just spits out a super plain resume you can't do much with. My plan with this is to make it super customization, and make themes tailored to a bunch of different professions.

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

#83

Post by lakshayg » Thu, Feb 08, 2018, 6:23 AM UTC

Works surprisingly well. Just one issue, since I just graduated, I do not have a whole lot of work experience so the generated resume looks empty. It would be awesome if you could use the information in the projects section as well and create a projects section.

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

#84

Post by mitchas » Thu, Feb 08, 2018, 6:28 AM UTC

lakshayg wrote: post #83

Works surprisingly well. Just one issue, since I just graduated, I do not have a whole lot of work experience so the generated resume looks empty. It would be awesome if you could use the information in the projects section as well and create a projects section.

That's one of the top things on my list!

I was having trouble pulling the projects from the profiles, so I pushed it to the side while I got everything else working. Now I'm going to focus on getting projects in, as well as a few new themes

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

#85

Post by expertentipp » Thu, Feb 08, 2018, 6:32 AM UTC

Mitch, unemployed loser aspiring to work in Apple... perhaps it's satire of Linkedin? Who on earth puts on Linkedin enough personal and career related information to compose an usable CV out of it?

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

#86

Post by bonniemuffin » Thu, Feb 08, 2018, 6:37 AM UTC

ghostbrainalpha wrote: post #62

clumsysmurf wrote: post #3

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.

That was the only thing I still liked about LinkedIn after they retired the network visualization map tool. https://techcrunch.com/2014/09/01/linkedin-is-quietly-retiri...

The only way to get your inmap now is to apply for a job. You get a printout of your inmap when you do an on-site interview.

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

#87

Post by rising-sky » Thu, Feb 08, 2018, 6:51 AM UTC

icebraining wrote: post #52

titanix2 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

It's not ahead of time - that regulation has existed for a long time. See the work of Max Schrems against FB, and his site on how you can get your own data: http://europe-v-facebook.org/EN/Get_your_Data_/get_your_data... The new regulation updates that existing right to specify that the data should be provided in a "structured, commonly used and machine-readable format".

I believe the writer is referring to the GDPR regulations in Europe which are coming into force May 25, 2018, therefore "ahead of time" is chronologically accurate. They have a handy countdown clock here:

https://www.eugdpr.org/

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

#88

Post by itomato » Thu, Feb 08, 2018, 7:06 AM UTC

Among my skills is "[...]"

Not quite professional.

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

#89

Post by mitchas » Thu, Feb 08, 2018, 7:18 AM UTC

itomato wrote: post #88

Among my skills is "[...]" Not quite professional.

That's because some people have dozens of skills, and I couldn't put them all on. I added that to show there are more. It can be left if desired, otherwise you can click the edit button and delete the brackets and periods.

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

#90

Post by s3nnyy » Thu, Feb 08, 2018, 7:22 AM UTC

palakchokshi wrote: post #47

Does LinkedIn have a different policy regarding scraping LinkedIn pages if you are an extension vs. a crawler? I read recently that LinkedIn is fighting tooth and nail to prevent crawlers from scraping their content. Just curious. EDIT: Found this on the user agreement https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement k. Develop, support or use software, devices, scripts, robots, or any other means or processes (includin…

This could lead to users of the plugin being banned. Have seen this happening to recruiters who were using some extensions extensively and then somehow Linkedin decided to lock them out, which is quite a bad thing to happen to a recruiter.