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Re: Show HN: Open-source resume builder and parser

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Post by thebruce87m »

goncalomb wrote: post #26

Looks good, definitely an impressive "weekend project". I'll probably use it in the future. I don't mean to sound rude. But, can you explain what you mean by "trusted by students and employees from top universities and companies worldwide" while showing some university/company logos? How can such a new project make those claims? Was it released elsewhere privately? Looking at the git history, I see it was created 2 d…

It’s an interesting claim - out of interest I looked up how many countries actually use a resume over a CV and some sources say only United States, Australia, and Canada.

Re: Show HN: Open-source resume builder and parser

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Post by agumonkey »

pratio wrote: post #11

Also checkout https://jsonresume.org/ not my project but also amazing work

it's cool, you host your json on a github gist and it's available online

that said my resume is not working anymore, even though the gist is still there. I wonder if others have the same issue.

Re: Show HN: Open-source resume builder and parser

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RobotToaster wrote: post #33
Andrew_nenakhov wrote: post #22

Many years ago we were posting jobs on a local bulletin boards and received applicant resumes on an email. The composition of a resume acted as a primary filter from people who couldn't even organize a few lines of information about themselves. Then, an internet company in our country took over the market and almost all jobs are searched through it. Of course,it features a very nice resume builder, so now everyone ha…

Require applications to be sent by post. You'll filter out a lot of people who can't even send a letter properly that way.

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Re: Show HN: Open-source resume builder and parser

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robobro wrote: post #24
Andrew_nenakhov wrote: post #22

Many years ago we were posting jobs on a local bulletin boards and received applicant resumes on an email. The composition of a resume acted as a primary filter from people who couldn't even organize a few lines of information about themselves. Then, an internet company in our country took over the market and almost all jobs are searched through it. Of course,it features a very nice resume builder, so now everyone ha…

If your primary filter is whether or not someone can produce a resume or not, do better.

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Re: Show HN: Open-source resume builder and parser

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Post by xitang »

rosmax_1337 wrote: post #46
xitang wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for you kind word and for asking this great question. I have to admit that the claim is more for marketing purpose to make it look impressive. The truth is that we tested the design with a small group of folks, including myself, students, a career coach and friends. We use this design during our job searches and we have landed interviews/offers from the companies listed in the logo clouds. It works for a small…

>I have to admit that the claim is more for marketing purpose to make it look impressive. If you are going to be honest about lying by admitting to us that you lied, just state that it was a lie, don't euphemize it as marketing. Otherwise the "honesty" just comes of as manipulation.

I apologize for the confusion the statement has caused and comes off as lying. The statement is accurate and is in fact tested & likened by students and employees listed in the logo cloud. I appreciate the feedback that given it is only a handful of us, this statement can give the wrong impressions that it is more widely used than people perceive. I want to keep the project honest, clear and transparent as much as possible and I just create the issue to track this: https://github.com/xitanggg/open-resume/issues/7. I will remove the statement next to not mislead anyone and might consider adding it back only if we have more social proofs from more users in the future.

Re: Show HN: Open-source resume builder and parser

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Post by AHOHA »

joelegner wrote: post #40
AHOHA wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are discriminating against the candidates who might have some disabilities (whether they know they have or not) like dyslexia, you are also discriminating against candidates whose English (or whatever that language in your country) isn’t their first, even though they might be the best suited candidates, best programmers/engineers/etc., I have seen this first hand in some interviews, where some candidates eliminat…

In my field communicating with other English-speaking people is probably 80% of the job. Someone who cannot read and write clear English prose will not be successful. Serious question: if I eliminate someone from contention because they struggle to read, write, and speak English, is that “discrimination”?

No one said anything about the ability to communicate, but the discrimination against candidates with some disability like dyslexia, it is YOUR job as an employer to provide the proper tool -either during the interview process or even after hiring- to make sure the work isn’t affected, and having a proper process to address it. Same goes with accent, it isn’t about the ability to communicate but rather the accent or linguistics bias either by not hiring these candidates, or excluding them later from meetings, presentations, etc., or eliminating any future career growth.

Obviously those discriminations are illegal so it goes passive most of the times, by continuous interruption during meetings or intentionally asked to repeat or elaborate themselves, among other.

It’s not about communication abilities as this is usually the covert passive response for such discriminatory behaviors, a lot of these candidates can speak “better” in terms of clarity than people with Australian accent for example, it’s just another episode of “I’m better than you”, you can read more about that in here:

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210528-the-pervasive-...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2022/11/18/accent-...

https://exceptionalindividuals.com/about-us/blog/what-is-dys...

Re: Show HN: Open-source resume builder and parser

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Post by jokethrowaway »

rosmax_1337 wrote: post #46
xitang wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for you kind word and for asking this great question. I have to admit that the claim is more for marketing purpose to make it look impressive. The truth is that we tested the design with a small group of folks, including myself, students, a career coach and friends. We use this design during our job searches and we have landed interviews/offers from the companies listed in the logo clouds. It works for a small…

>I have to admit that the claim is more for marketing purpose to make it look impressive. If you are going to be honest about lying by admitting to us that you lied, just state that it was a lie, don't euphemize it as marketing. Otherwise the "honesty" just comes of as manipulation.

It's not a lie if people from those companies are endorsing the product

Now, I know from experience, you probably want to hear from their legal team (or have a contract which make it explicit) before putting a company's logo on your website as an endorsement - but I doubt they'll sue you

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