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Re: Ask HN: Resumes that look good but professional too

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Post by matthewbauer »

guessmyname wrote: post #20

I have used and recommended this LaTeX template [1]. Template that I have also seen being used by many professional software engineers both applying and currently working at some of the big corporations like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon. It is clean, easy to read, easy to parse by most ATS (Application Tracking System) [2]. [1] https://github.com/sb2nov/resume [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applicant_tracking_…

I have to say that resume doesn’t look very good to me. Way too long lines and not enough white space. Maybe that’s part of the strategy though? This whole ATS thing annoys me because it seems like such a shallow way to hire. But maybe that’s what you need to get into Big 5 tech companies now?

For anyone interested in what I’d consider cleaner: here is my Latex resume

https://matthewbauer.us/resume.pdf

I worry now it’s not ATS optimized though.

Re: Ask HN: Resumes that look good but professional too

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Post by arca_vorago »

guessmyname wrote: post #20

I have used and recommended this LaTeX template [1]. Template that I have also seen being used by many professional software engineers both applying and currently working at some of the big corporations like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon. It is clean, easy to read, easy to parse by most ATS (Application Tracking System) [2]. [1] https://github.com/sb2nov/resume [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applicant_tracking_…

I also use latex but through emacs org mode.

Re: Ask HN: Resumes that look good but professional too

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Post by wallacoloo »

chad_strategic wrote: post #25

I like a little creativity, it also tells me if a recruiter actually clicked in the link. People either love it or don’t really care... http://www.strategic-options.com/resume/

FWIW, the navigation buttons in the lower right aren't working for me in either Firefox or Chromium. I can't figure out how to get the webpage to show me anything other than the titlecard:

      Chad Humphrey
  A click & show resume
    Sr. PHP Developer
Not that interactive resumes are always something to avoid (I couldn't say - I've never been handed such a resume in the hiring process), but I think this is a great example of the risks associated with them.

Re: Ask HN: Resumes that look good but professional too

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Post by nilkn »

_ah wrote: post #7

Counterpoint: be careful about going too far into the "cool" spectrum. When I've been hiring, the best-looking resumes were often the least qualified. If you're a visual artist, then sure, go nuts! But if you're a technical person then stick to the basics. Forcing someone to decode your pie chart to understand your skills is not a way to win points with a hiring manager. Go for bullet points, short sentences, correct…

As a hiring manager I've often noticed the same. There's a weak positive correlation between candidate quality and the resume being one page in LaTeX. There's a weak negative correlation between candidate quality and the resume being very graphically fancy. That said, I try to completely forget these correlations when reviewing resumes because it's just not fair to anyone for me to go into the process with preconceptions like those.

Re: Ask HN: Resumes that look good but professional too

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Post by alecgorge »

gcatalfamo wrote: post #39
alecgorge wrote: post #28

I have had tremendous success with very unorthodox layouts, features and subtle use of colors on my resume via Adobe InDesign. https://www.alecgorge.com/Alec%20Gorge%20Resume.pdf I used to completely redo my layout every year while I was in school and had success with it. Especially at the collegiate level when many resumes are the same in practice, something new for the recruiter to look at goes a long way. On quite…

I honestly have trouble understanding the chronological order of you experiences at first glance, plus they all seem to be given the same importance. If you really are contacted and complimented over this, I’m puzzled at how the recruiter mind works, I would like a recruiter comment on this. (This is entirely not directed against you, but towards trying to understand if my way of conceiving resumes has been all wrong…

That's totally fair, but not entirely unintentional. I like highlighting the fact that I ran a consulting business throughout high school and college as well as the popularity of some of my side projects. Those have been just as (if not more) valuable as the internships I have had when it came to looking for full-time work.

I haven't updated the layout since I have been at Stack Overflow because I like it and I don't need a resume. If I were to redesign my resume right now it certainly would put more emphasis on the last two years of full-time employment.

Plus, even if it might create some confusion I hope it communicates that I can be trusted to not totally screw up the UI side of things if left by myself haha

Re: Ask HN: Resumes that look good but professional too

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Post by chauhankiran »

alecgorge wrote: post #28

I have had tremendous success with very unorthodox layouts, features and subtle use of colors on my resume via Adobe InDesign. https://www.alecgorge.com/Alec%20Gorge%20Resume.pdf I used to completely redo my layout every year while I was in school and had success with it. Especially at the collegiate level when many resumes are the same in practice, something new for the recruiter to look at goes a long way. On quite…

I personally like your resume as it included what it needs to be no more, no less. But I have less experience ( only two places I have worked ). If I follow your resume style, my resume probably completed within half of A4. What is your suggestion on this?

Re: Ask HN: Resumes that look good but professional too

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Post by setheron »

fuzzythinker wrote: post #14

I use html and css, I like its simplicity yet elegant look. https://johnleung.com/resume (pdf format is linked there as well) Template originally used by https://resume.stavros.io/ Which seems like he's not using anymore. His current one looks good too.

I'm still using the same one too! http://fzakaria.com/documents/resume/

It gets annoying to justify and align the paragraphs though.

Re: Ask HN: Resumes that look good but professional too

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Post by fuzzythinker »

setheron wrote: post #47
fuzzythinker wrote: post #14

I use html and css, I like its simplicity yet elegant look. https://johnleung.com/resume (pdf format is linked there as well) Template originally used by https://resume.stavros.io/ Which seems like he's not using anymore. His current one looks good too.

I'm still using the same one too! http://fzakaria.com/documents/resume/ It gets annoying to justify and align the paragraphs though.

Hey, thanks for pointing out where the template came from, I never knew.

Re: Ask HN: Resumes that look good but professional too

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Post by piway »

Mine was made from a google docs template. I think it looks really sleek and has fairly worked for me so far.

The only problem is that when I add new stuff, I have to keep adjusting it so that it all fits in one page

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YWsEDDSyJI0S7sy-YlLLJ9O_...

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