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Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000

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Re: Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000

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Post by chlee »

joeld42 wrote: post #11

Hey just a free idea if anyone want to build it, I think a web app that generated stylish resumes automatically from your LinkedIn profile would be great. It could make watermarked ones for free preview and then charge you a few bucks if you wanted to download a real one. I can't tell you how many times I've heard "Well, my resume's a bit out of date, but here's my linkedin.." Also, if you are LinkedIn, you could do…

I am actually working on this exact idea, except I plan on making the entire thing free.

Re: Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000

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Post by chlee »

res wrote: post #41
ErrantX wrote: post #31

They look nice. In my experience clean/light CV's are by far the best for almost every job - particularly engineering jobs. The exception being designers. What sort of CV's are you seeing come in? I know quite a few HR types who will find a snazzy looking CV and instantly demote it, on the basis that the sizzle is probably hiding some inadequacy (this is not necessarily a bad marker in my experience). It would be int…

I was curious about this. As a student who will be applying for an engineering job one day, I'm not sure what the rules are when it comes to resumes, but I had a feeling that flashy was not the way to go. That said, some of these look really good. My favorites are the Stars and the Shearling Point options, both of which are just subtle enough for my tastes. Best of luck to Mr. Caldwell in his future endeavors.

From what I've heard from my recruiter friends, you want to prioritize flow, readability, and scan-ability over flashy.

Recruiters are often at-times swamped with thousands of resumes (and even more at big companies). They'll spend at most 5 minutes scanning your resume to see if you are a good fit.

Re: Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000

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Post by samstave »

joeld42 wrote: post #11

Hey just a free idea if anyone want to build it, I think a web app that generated stylish resumes automatically from your LinkedIn profile would be great. It could make watermarked ones for free preview and then charge you a few bucks if you wanted to download a real one. I can't tell you how many times I've heard "Well, my resume's a bit out of date, but here's my linkedin.." Also, if you are LinkedIn, you could do…

This exists.

from linked in: http://resume.linkedinlabs.com/

There is another service (3rd party) that does this, but I can't recall the URL...

Re: Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000

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Post by vgurgov »

congrats, great service! if you are considering video promotion, i'd suggest to compare google tv with my service virool.com We are better and cheaper. ping me and i will make you discount and give you some free credits. i can also recommend few production companies in case you want to create nice and inexpensive clip about your service.

Re: Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000

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Post by vgurgov »

vgurgov wrote: post #65

congrats, great service! if you are considering video promotion, i'd suggest to compare google tv with my service virool.com We are better and cheaper. ping me and i will make you discount and give you some free credits. i can also recommend few production companies in case you want to create nice and inexpensive clip about your service.

also you should check out my friend's service ResumUp.com

Re: Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000

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Post by InfinityX0 »

I just e-mailed this to them, but how they get regular sales leads is through the Universities. The universities want to get their students jobs, and if you have a real value-add service that will do that, they should have no problem posting your link and being aware of you in their offices. Your startup should be the first thing mentioned by their Career Development offices and resume courses when students ask "how do I get a job?". It won't be easy to get in front of all of them, but I bet you can get the ball rolling really fast with this exceptional product.

Re: Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000

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Post by fourspace »

samstave wrote: post #64
joeld42 wrote: post #11

Hey just a free idea if anyone want to build it, I think a web app that generated stylish resumes automatically from your LinkedIn profile would be great. It could make watermarked ones for free preview and then charge you a few bucks if you wanted to download a real one. I can't tell you how many times I've heard "Well, my resume's a bit out of date, but here's my linkedin.." Also, if you are LinkedIn, you could do…

This exists. from linked in: http://resume.linkedinlabs.com/ There is another service (3rd party) that does this, but I can't recall the URL...

Looks like they may have just ripped off other designs:

http://sampleresumetemplate.net/

Re: Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000

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Post by spung »

dcaldwell wrote: post #28
acabal wrote: post #24

Congratulations, great design and execution. I'd be really interested to see how you phrased the emails you sent out to the bloggers to get them to write about you, and what your success rate was.

I'm thinking about doing another blog post about this specifically - how I research and contact bloggers.

Please do, this would be very helpful for myself and I'm sure others as well!

Re: Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000

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Post by adambard »

chlee wrote: post #61
joeld42 wrote: post #11

Hey just a free idea if anyone want to build it, I think a web app that generated stylish resumes automatically from your LinkedIn profile would be great. It could make watermarked ones for free preview and then charge you a few bucks if you wanted to download a real one. I can't tell you how many times I've heard "Well, my resume's a bit out of date, but here's my linkedin.." Also, if you are LinkedIn, you could do…

I am actually working on this exact idea, except I plan on making the entire thing free.

I as well did this last year, at http://resumatic.net/

Unfortunately, I don't have the same talent for design.

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