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I agree. I'm not going to sign up without seeing a sample.
there is a sample on the landing page!
a sample.
I would love to be able to browse their entire collection with a mark indicating free or Pro.
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there is a sample on the landing page!
This is a good example of where UX means a different thing to the user than to the developer. Just because it's available on another page doesn't mean the customer is going to take the time to go figure that out. Take these criticisms graciously and learn how your user's use your software it's going to improve your products immensely.
He's pointing out that there's a link to a full-size PDF sample of one of the templates on the landing page if you scroll down a little bit.
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> A profile picture facilitates hiring discrimination on the basis of age, sex, race, beauty, and possibly other factors as well. I agree with you. That's why I said I don't see why anyone other than an actor should put their photo on a resume, because it makes it easier for the reviewer to discriminate based on illegitimate reasons. Perhaps there's a misunderstanding? This discussion thread has been about why anyone…
The reason people should do it today is because in some places, not including a photo would be like leaving out your name. The likely reason that custom began, which is I think what was being explained, is racism.
given that germany is the country where this custom is common, and adding that especially in germany any non-german can easily be recognized by their name alone, giving racism as the reason for that custom to develop is almost absurd.
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#155Good site and design. My honest reservation about using drastically different resume formats is - resume parsers. Most recruiting agencies, large companies using some form resume parsing to aid in filtering out candidates. Not sure if your formats will get parsed correctly.
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#156Good idea with nice design and landing page. What’s missing in my opinion are some samples (2-3 generated resumes). The other thing is the pricing. There are CV generators in the $10-$20 range, so maybe adding a “normal” version at 10-15 dollars and maxed out version at 25-30 would capture more price-sensitive users. The copy regarding the price is perfect, but additional price levels may bring more users.
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#157the problems with resume generators are * privacy: if it's not client-side only, how do I know you're not saving all my data and selling it to advertisers recruiters spammers etc? * popularity: a random recruiter pulls up two applications and they both have the exactly same template. this is probably a bad thing. best case scenario you become less unique and more forgettable, worst case scenario they think you're a l…
Completely see your point in the privacy aspect, but it is really difficult to offer a good user experience with a project like this without storing data. I don't even consider selling data as part of a business model for my projects but I understand that is opaque to the user and not everyone is like this. On the second argument, I assume recruiters are seeing tons of resumes presented in the same package daily. I d…
One the second point, you could add the option to change the color scheme/font of each template to arbitrary colors set by the user. In this way the chances that two CV look the same are slightly smaller if the user customizes the template. The next step being a template builder, but I understand that that is probably a much bigger endeavor
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#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
The reason people should do it today is because in some places, not including a photo would be like leaving out your name. The likely reason that custom began, which is I think what was being explained, is racism.
given that germany is the country where this custom is common, and adding that especially in germany any non-german can easily be recognized by their name alone, giving racism as the reason for that custom to develop is almost absurd.
Germany may be a country where this is common, but not the only one by a long way. And no, a German name does not tell the potential employer that your mother was a foreigner? https://us.experteer.com/magazine/should-you-put-a-photo-on-...
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#159Earlier quoted context omitted.
given that germany is the country where this custom is common, and adding that especially in germany any non-german can easily be recognized by their name alone, giving racism as the reason for that custom to develop is almost absurd.
Germany may be a country where this is common, but not the only one by a long way. And no, a German name does not tell the potential employer that your mother was a foreigner? https://us.experteer.com/magazine/should-you-put-a-photo-on-...
it doesn't, but in germany that's a small minority of cases. and even germans who would want to preferably hire other germans would not worry about that case as long as one parent is german.
you have to keep in mind that germany has a strong fear of history repeating itself and has strong laws to prevent that. so any hint of xenophobia in the hiring process could be a PR or legal nightmare for a company.
if photos on the resume would be a problem in that regard, they'd have been outlawed already.
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#160Just an FYI if you didn't know this- stackoverflow.com has something _similar_. They have the concept of a developer story with the option to link to two different web versions as well as generating a PDF for you (no frills). e.g. https://stackoverflow.com/cv/leetrout Looks like you've definitely put more effort in to the styles and the thumbnails look nice! I would love to see a small gallery of designs! I'm -1 on p…
>I'm -1 on photos on resume since it opens the door to a lot of bias (unconscious or not) so I hope you offer a lot options without photos / icons.
I agree. Interestingly, medical school applications (at least in the US) require photos. I'm really not sure why - it seems messed up.