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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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jcc80 wrote: post #89
dcaldwell wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's correct. Some people think we do the printing but we actually provide the visual design service. We're considering adding a printing service down the road. Even in doing our photo shoots for the site, we learned a lot about what makes resumes look great in the printed format. Right now, we send out 2 hi-resolution PDF files - 1 is for full bleed and 1 is for normal printouts on an office or home printer. That…

I'm curious if you found a local pro photographer or diy because the photos look outstanding. They definitely provide a huge level of credibility from my perspective.

We used a local photographer. We provided a lot of direction the entire time but he's also really good.

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

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Post by bill-nordwall »

How about testimonials? The designs are fantastic, but I want to hear the story of someone catching a recruiter's eye from one of these.

Figure out away to demonstrate social proof that your resumes are giving job-seekers the edge they desperately need.

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

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Post by dcaldwell »

bill-nordwall wrote: post #92

How about testimonials? The designs are fantastic, but I want to hear the story of someone catching a recruiter's eye from one of these. Figure out away to demonstrate social proof that your resumes are giving job-seekers the edge they desperately need.

We're working on that. We've just been live for a little over a month and are still doing it as a side project. But, that's something we have planned.

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

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Post by ktizo »

jQueryIsAwesome wrote: post #85
ktizo wrote: post #83

Surely a resume should just consist of a screed of roughly formatted plaintext. Or is that just not enough for Catbert in the current economic climate?

This tendency will keep growing and eventually an average resume will include a 20 minute video with music and interviews with all your previous bosses and co-workers; ending with fireworks that create the company logo and a bunch of cheer leaders screaming your name.... and eventually companies will get tired of it and just ask everyone to send _only_ a plain text version.

I have a friend who remarks that in his case career is only ever a verb.

Personally I suspect that his approach to the world of work will result in a hell of a lot more personal fulfillment for him throughout his life than any amount of sucking up to corporate toss will ever do.

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

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phzbOx wrote: post #90

Few questions: 1. How did you manage to get all these awesome resume templates?! That's fairly impressive for a one month project.. I could have had only one of them and I would be proud! 2. There's no talk about the 10,000$ in the blog.. where does it come from? Is it 100 sales? Is it less but with more urgent need (For instance, clicking "1 day" or "custom color"). 3. About the process of converting the html templa…

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

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Post by dcaldwell »

phzbOx wrote: post #90

Few questions: 1. How did you manage to get all these awesome resume templates?! That's fairly impressive for a one month project.. I could have had only one of them and I would be proud! 2. There's no talk about the 10,000$ in the blog.. where does it come from? Is it 100 sales? Is it less but with more urgent need (For instance, clicking "1 day" or "custom color"). 3. About the process of converting the html templa…

1) The project wasn't 1 month. This is just what we did in the roughly 1 month since we launched.

2) Yes, if you multiply the over 100 sales by our purchase price, we did over $10,000.

3) We don't convert html to PDF. Customers pick a resume design, upload their resume content (in Word or TXT or whatever,) and then we custom typeset it and send them a PDF as a digital file. Our graphic artists are great at making multiple pages look outstanding. There's also a revision process to make sure it pleases the customer.

4) The demos are really the designs you see on the site. Since all of our resumes are custom-typeset in inDesign by a graphic artist, we can't demo a customer's actual resume until we go through the entire process.

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

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Post by alain94040 »

As a former hiring manager, I looked at your 100 first templates, and I must say that I don't like them. Yes, they look amazing and I would hire you to design my site's CSS, but for a job seeker, they are distracting. I want to see the job experience. I don't need special effects around "job experience", I don't need fancy backgrounds which make it harder to read the information.

Sorry to be negative. Again, the designs are very cute, but not "professional". My experience is limited to high-tech hiring.

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

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Post by dcaldwell »

alain94040 wrote: post #97

As a former hiring manager, I looked at your 100 first templates, and I must say that I don't like them. Yes, they look amazing and I would hire you to design my site's CSS, but for a job seeker, they are distracting. I want to see the job experience. I don't need special effects around "job experience", I don't need fancy backgrounds which make it harder to read the information. Sorry to be negative. Again, the desi…

It's not everybody's cup of tea. We understand that and that's fair. We've gotten a lot of positive feedback from both hiring managers and job seekers who actually have responded the opposite of what you're feeling. So, I guess it just depends.
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