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Re: JSON Resume – 5th Birthday and New Features

#6
Uh, there was already an XML format for this, I remember doing my CV with it. Nobody ever asked to see it or use it, so I stopped updating it. I learnt a few years later that some HR/recruiter systems do use it, behind the scenes, to talk to each other, they just never surface it.

Why would this surface more often...? The HR industry is not made by coders, they live in MSWord and GDocs.

Re: JSON Resume – 5th Birthday and New Features

#7
Instead of going with an ad-hoc schema, I wish JSON Resume built on top of data structures standardized by Schema.org. They cover most of the concepts required—https://schema.org/Person, https://schema.org/skills, https://pending.schema.org/knowsAbout, the list goes on.

For concepts not covered by Schema.org (I spotted only one, “interests”) the project could implement custom extensions until they are adopted by the shared vocabulary.

Re: JSON Resume – 5th Birthday and New Features

#10

How much traction is this getting in job-tech startups? For instance, LinkedIn, Indeed, etc., as well as applicant tracking systems, and so forth.

> LinkedIn, Indeed, etc.,

At this level, they won't care for an open format as they can just ask you to reenter all the info in their own form.

They assume if you are effectively looking for a job a 10~30 min data entry for each of these sites won't deter you. Or worse, you'll get tired of entering your data again and again, and won't go to their smaller competitors even if they make more efforts to accommodate you.

I did the whole dance a year ago, and a candidate's time seems to be the least valuable resource in the system (or it's used as a currency to price how much you are dedicated to getting that job)

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