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Hey Tim, I'm a little confused by the two different colored bars (blue and gray) in the skills section of your resume. What is the difference between them? Also, it may be nice to include your name in the fixed header on the page. I think it's more important to constantly see your name rather than the navigation circles, especially if some people will simply scroll down the page rather than click on each circle. Alth…
The reason folks recommend resumes be a one-pager is because it's the best way to quickly digest information and see if you're going to be a good fit.
If you're going to use the web as the medium for your resume, make it something like a one-page scroller with the ability to easily jump between sections, minimizing the animations and maximizing readability.
Additionally, I'm not sure who you're shooting for as far as a potential employer, but I'm personally turned off by the "Oh Hai!" It just makes me think you'll spend half your day surfing Reddit.
@Feanim, thanks for the bigger image. I couldn't find one so I had to stretch it a bit.
Hey Tim, I'm a little confused by the two different colored bars (blue and gray) in the skills section of your resume. What is the difference between them? Also, it may be nice to include your name in the fixed header on the page. I think it's more important to constantly see your name rather than the navigation circles, especially if some people will simply scroll down the page rather than click on each circle. Alth…
I've been debating leaving my current job (4 years post acquisition) for a smaller startup. I decided to create something a little different after all of the talk recently of resumes no longer being relevant. I'd love any feedback.
I love this approach because it demonstrates what you can do. But, as others have said, I would redesign the "other skills/tools" page. I think the two scales are nice, but it needs to be more obvious upon first glance what I'm looking at. And maybe more compact.
Apart from "Oh Hai" I like it. Do you really need to associate yourself with a meme like that? In my experience, meme-loving people aren't very interesting to be around in real life, and that opening statement caused me to instantly jump to a lot of conclusions about you that are most likely incorrect.
Hey Tim, I'm a little confused by the two different colored bars (blue and gray) in the skills section of your resume. What is the difference between them? Also, it may be nice to include your name in the fixed header on the page. I think it's more important to constantly see your name rather than the navigation circles, especially if some people will simply scroll down the page rather than click on each circle. Alth…
After about 15 seconds of studying it, I deduced that what it must mean because of the blue text color of "beginner / expert" at top and grey text color of "rarely / everyday" at the bottom - although those color clues could be a bit more pronounced. The top and bottom placement of the labels also helped.
Some might think it lacking usability; but after figuring it out, others might think "smart".
Nice job on the resume. It's unfortunate the applicant systems preferred by big companies (Taleo, Brassring, etc) do not give candidates a channel through which to differentiate themselves in a creative way as you have done. Of course there are ways to bypass the process entirely using social channels, but that doesn't scale from a systemic standpoint. I'd love to see someone invent a better system.
He states, "The ideal company would be a small, rapidly growing startup with a team of super smart hackers."