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Show HN: Open-source resume builder and parser

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Post by xitang »

Hi HN, I recently created and published an open-source resume builder as a weekend project. The idea came to me while I was mentoring students and noticing common mistakes they made in their resumes that I had also made in the past. I thought to build a tool to help people easily create a modern professional resume with built-in best practices to avoid those mistakes.

Top highlights of the resume builder are:

1. Real time UI update as you type

2. ATS friendly to top ATS platforms, e.g. Greenhouse, Lever

3. Privacy focus - no sign up is required and data is stored locally in browser that only users have access

4. Support import from existing resume PDF

The tool also includes a resume parser to help people test their existing resumes’ ATS readability if they might not be interested in using the builder. I also explained the parser algorithm in an article with interactive tables that might be an interesting read to see the steps and logics it uses (https://www.open-resume.com/resume-parser).

I hope others might find this tool useful and I look forward to hearing any feedback the community has. Thanks all.

Home Page: https://open-resume.com

Github Repo: https://github.com/xitanggg/open-resume

Product Hunt: https://producthunt.com/posts/openresume

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Post by juliusgeo »

Just checked out the resume scanner and it’s very nice! I appreciate how it only took a few clicks to get from the home page to a real example with my own resume. It also works much faster than the resume parsers I’ve used before (most of which take on the order of 10 seconds just to get from the upload screen to a parsed output). One minor nit is that I think the resume scanner deserves its own button on the front page—the current placement makes it seem like an addendum to the “no sign up requirement” imo.

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Post by xitang »

juliusgeo wrote: post #3

Just checked out the resume scanner and it’s very nice! I appreciate how it only took a few clicks to get from the home page to a real example with my own resume. It also works much faster than the resume parsers I’ve used before (most of which take on the order of 10 seconds just to get from the upload screen to a parsed output). One minor nit is that I think the resume scanner deserves its own button on the front p…

Thanks so much for your kind words. Great feedback on the resume parser being not as noticeable on the home page. I just created an issue to track this feedback: https://github.com/xitanggg/open-resume/issues/3. I initially think people might be more interested in using the resume builder so I haven't thought about making the resume parser more clear. Would you mind sharing more about your use case of the resume scanner?

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Post by latexr »

This looks really good. Responsive real-time preview, clear interface, no login necessary, customisable without being overwhelming. Even the category names can be edited if you need a CV in a language other than English. You’re ticking a bunch of the right boxes. Fantastic work, I’ve already sent the link to a few friends.

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Post by xitang »

tacone wrote: post #4

I wrote my own (code first) resume generator and I am very curious about your project, also for things I didn't know about like ATS. Will definitely look into it.

Amazing to hear that you are creating your own resume generator. I have learned a lot while building this project and am happy to share thoughts if you have any questions. I document my code extensively so I hope it can be helpful reference too. In regards to ATS, basically company uses ATS software to parse resume info, the most ATS friendly resume structure is the simple single column resume design since it works best with the parser by being easiest to parse.
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