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

#81

The simpler the better. Prioritize readability over visual coolness. (Unless you're in a design field.)

Even if you are in a design field. If you can't make it both cool and readable, you aren't that good.

Agreed, but I'm not sure whether the hiring norms go along with that principle.

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

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Here is my resume: https://standardresume.co/rileyt It's built using Standard Resume [1], a tool that I built with two designers to answer exactly this question. I would love any feedback on the resume style, as we are contemplating adding a few alternate styles to choose from. [1] https://standardresume.co/

This is a great tool! I noted, though, that the Linkedin import didn't seem to work flawlessly – after uploading, I was redirected to the resume list and I have no clue of what actually happened. Would you like more feedback?

sorry about that. linkedin changed their pdf export a bit yesterday and it broke our import. should be fixed today or tomorrow.

would love any other feedback you have. did you end up completing a resume?

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

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post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd say you can lose the GPA now :)

What's the rule of thumb on that? One job post-graduation? I'm not entirely sure what to fill that space with to balance the line if I remove it haha. Maybe I could expand BS out to Bachelor of Science? Still probably wouldn't look balanced though...

Unless your GPA is super impressive, I'd argue it's not worth bragging about at all. A 3.2 is fine when you're hunting for your first real job. After you've got work experience, I doubt many would care about a GPA. When people did really well, you'll sometimes here them say "I graduated summa cum laude" instead of specifically referencing their GPA.

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

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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_…

Great format, simple and easy to read.
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