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Re: Show HN: I made a resume generator for developers

#71
So, I'm looking into your sample resume at https://bytevitae.com/cv/bytevitae_sample.pdf. Unsure, if I understood "OPEN SOURCE" section means. Also, when I tried to copy your previous company name "Influencity" it is copied as "Inbuencity".

Care to see what I did with this resume using https://notyce.me? I validated it to check the resume's suitability in job market. Have a look https://ibb.co/sqqQ1yb

Re: Show HN: I made a resume generator for developers

#72
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What have you done that is relevant to the job you are asking to do ? To get past HR load up on recent buzzwords but tailor the resume to suit the job is the #1 thing I look for. Any hint of not putting in the effort and I assume that is your work style. No way I want someone who cant put in the effort to get the job. You know they will put in less when they do get it.

How much do job applicants get paid to apply for jobs? How much effort do you expect them to put in, unpaid, to kiss your butt, specifically, when there are hundreds of companies that are just like yours? Many of those companies will simply ghost the applicants that put in extra effort to tailor the heck out of their resumes. There is no expected payoff for tailoring until after the company actually makes contact, us…

Little tip....

You should ensure your HN username doesnt show up with a background check on a google search because when I do that and I see comments like this you dont get a job.

Re: Show HN: I made a resume generator for developers

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Photos should not be included on resumes sent to most American companies. They are a huge source of bias in the the hiring process and will either be rejected or have the photo removed immediately.

Are there any sources you can cite on this? I've never heard of HR chucking resumes because they have a headshot of the person. If companies are that paranoid about bias, I'd think they'd go as far as to never use LinkedIn.

Re: Show HN: I made a resume generator for developers

#76

So, I'm looking into your sample resume at https://bytevitae.com/cv/bytevitae_sample.pdf . Unsure, if I understood "OPEN SOURCE" section means. Also, when I tried to copy your previous company name "Influencity" it is copied as "Inbuencity". Care to see what I did with this resume using https://notyce.me ? I validated it to check the resume's suitability in job market . Have a look https://ibb.co/sqqQ1yb

Wow, that "Inbuencity" bug is a weird one O_o, just tried it myself and same happens. Don't even know how it is possible, something about the font maybe?

Open source represents open source contributions (aka repos).

Well that looks cool and apparently its spot on!

Re: Show HN: I made a resume generator for developers

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Thanks for the love! I designed the templates taking inspiration on what friends showed me, what found online as well as my previous resumes. To be completely honest its the first time I see that website! But I can see how the black sidebar one looks similar, but they all use pretty common heavily used design patterns.

Definitely! There's only so much room to maneuver on resume layouts as it is. One of the, if no THE, most important things I found was the machine readability of a resume. We could build generators that spit beautiful resumes all day but they wouldn't ever get in front of a human to care.

Wow, didn't think about that. I'm not familiar with so automated hiring processes but I guess that is a big concern.

Did you find out why? layout, text style? they need a specific template?

Re: Show HN: I made a resume generator for developers

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You get a lot of weird stuff from overseas resumes: photos, religion, gender, marital status, father's name, etc...

Asking for father's name is pretty much India's equivalent of Americans asking "what's your current salary", you use it to judge the person's situation.

How does that work?

Re: Show HN: I made a resume generator for developers

#80

So, I'm looking into your sample resume at https://bytevitae.com/cv/bytevitae_sample.pdf . Unsure, if I understood "OPEN SOURCE" section means. Also, when I tried to copy your previous company name "Influencity" it is copied as "Inbuencity". Care to see what I did with this resume using https://notyce.me ? I validated it to check the resume's suitability in job market . Have a look https://ibb.co/sqqQ1yb

Wow, that "Inbuencity" bug is a weird one O_o, just tried it myself and same happens. Don't even know how it is possible, something about the font maybe? Open source represents open source contributions (aka repos). Well that looks cool and apparently its spot on!

The two characters “f” and “l” are, when typeset, frequently combined into the “fl” ligature. Probably, this is what happens here, and some combination of bugs causes the fl ligature not to be correctly translated back into “fl” when copied.
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