Your one-page resume link doesn't link to a one-page resume, it just links back to the site I'm already on.
(Or perhaps you've removed it because you're showing the site to HN.)
Tell HN: My experience with a "Resume 2.0" site.
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#12I have a gripe with this whole "resume 2.0" thing. It's not about a flashy design. It's not about specifically targeting the company you want to work for. It's about standing out from the crowd. Being special. Once everyone and their mother start creating a "resume 2.0", it will become a commodity, and designers and developers will need to devise new ways of attracting employer attention.
I totally agree. The first couple were novel but now we're seeing these on HN every week or so. The novelty has worn out.
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#13I have a gripe with this whole "resume 2.0" thing. It's not about a flashy design. It's not about specifically targeting the company you want to work for. It's about standing out from the crowd. Being special. Once everyone and their mother start creating a "resume 2.0", it will become a commodity, and designers and developers will need to devise new ways of attracting employer attention.
I totally agree. The first couple were novel but now we're seeing these on HN every week or so. The novelty has worn out.
Yep, pretty soon you'll have to have a resume app in the app store. ;)
That's a joke, but I guarantee we'll see one soon. It's probably already happened and hasn't been well publicized. I also recall reading a story about someone who targeted a resume promoting Facebook ad at a single person (their desired employer's creative director) in New York if I'm not mistaken.
It's an amazing time to be in publishing.
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#14As a UI/UX guy I don't think the site is particularly user friendly.
Examples would be nice.
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#15I think your visuals could be a lot better than what you have now. To me, you have an odd choice of colors and fonts. I also hate reading thin columns of text, your layout is very taxing for the reader because they must scroll up and down for every column they want to read. That might be a design flaw. So a bit more work into it may be needed. *Also, getting called out on the TemplateMonster...hopefully you're the or…
Template monster? Where is the call out? Is there a template like this somewhere? The design is 100% original, although very simple so a similarity to a template (or several) would not entirely surprise me. As for colors, it was a ColourLovers palette and a nod to their pallete creation interface.
Thanks for the feedback, though. Will definitely take into account.
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#16http://i.imgur.com/HrRuJ.png That's a well known TemplateMonster template. Also, you're using Wordpress.
The resume site was built on WordPress (somewhat unnecessarily in the projects final iteration it turns out - hindsight) because Clourlovers was hiring for WP devs. A few things that were in at the start that would've actually taken advantage of the platform were dropped. There is other work in my folio that does take full advantage of the platform and really pushes it to its limits. (Although it seems that around HN WP's name is mud more often than not.)
As for the template monster thing and the PKDcure.org design, that design is 100% original and was part of a 9 month roll out for a huge corporate client with usability testing and extensive UX planning etc, etc... Any similarity is coincidence. The design in question was worked on by a team of designers for months so it's ironic/depressing that there's apparently a template out there for it that can be had for a few bucks (I'm assuming). Although there's literally no way it's exactly the same, PKDcure.org is a 400 page site with 10-15 unique page layouts.
Can I get a link to the template of which you speak?
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#17Hi, I'm not a designer, but here it goes. 1/ The vertical coloured stripes look good on the "content" part, but not on the top, as a background to the "I love ..." text. 2/ You "cut" the page horizontally below the "I love ..." text, but this seems to be dissonant with the vertical stripes. Maybe the top part should have a different background color? 3/ The vertical stripes don't go all the way down, it doesn't look…
Thanks for the detailed feedback! I'll take this stuff into account for the code on this I end up re-purposing.
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#18the proper spelling is 'résumé', not 'Resumé' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9sum%C3%A9
Doh! Thanks!
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#19I don't think repurposing your design is a good way to get ux/design job. You'll need a custom design to fit like a glove, see loren's " I want to work for Airbnb ". The template monster thing is a problem. Second your site feels too much like a resume. I think writing and content should have more of a cover letter + resume feel to it. Highlight all the benefits you'll bring to the company.
I concur. I liked Loren's site. That's what actually inspired me to take a crack at this.
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#20To me resume 2.0 websites will hurt you more than it will help. You're wasting time creating something you're not getting paid to do. And in the end it adds no value whatsoever to your overall portfolio. Why not spend that time refining your portfolio instead?
Also if you like your job, then chances are your employer like you too. You really should consider asking for better compensation instead of jumping ship onto a different company. I certainly hope you talked to your employer first before announcing on the Internet that you're not satisfied with the pay...