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Re: An Amaz-ing Resume

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Post by phildub » Thu, Jan 24, 2013, 11:36 AM UTC

GotAnyMegadeth wrote: post #3

"16% of reviews have 1 stars" ...

Well, yeah, it's directly from the original product page I worked from. I didn't have a fun idea for that part, so I left it as-is with a blank link. If you have a good idea, I would totally do it :) Thanks! Philippe

Re: An Amaz-ing Resume

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Post by kentwistle » Thu, Jan 24, 2013, 11:37 AM UTC

The 5 out of 5 stars (233) link sends you to Amazon "Mr. Coffee ECMP50" page. This is very confusing.

I think the idea is novel.

Re: An Amaz-ing Resume

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Post by belorn » Thu, Jan 24, 2013, 11:40 AM UTC

joelrunyon wrote: post #9

viraptor wrote: post #7

As much as I like the new idea, I find it really hard to read. It's not that this page itself is bad - I have problems to find reasonable information on a typical Amazon page and his resume just reflects the same: lots of referals to other products and lots of noise. The typography is also very poor / hard to read unfortunately. So - great idea... but I don't think it's going to be a success apart from creating a lot…

> but I don't think it's going to be a success apart from creating a lot of social noise at the beginning. Isn't the biggest problem with resumes getting them noticed and making them stand out? If so, he's probably going to get way more eyeballs on this than your standard cv.

As a custom made resume when seeking work related to online stores, this would likely be a very successful method to stand out. Compared to all the generic resumes, a tailor made one tend to stand out as to say "I really want this job, and I understand what your company is about".

Re: An Amaz-ing Resume

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Post by phildub » Thu, Jan 24, 2013, 11:45 AM UTC

kentwistle wrote: post #12

The 5 out of 5 stars (233) link sends you to Amazon "Mr. Coffee ECMP50" page. This is very confusing. I think the idea is novel.

Fixed, thanks. This coffee machine is the product page I worked from ;-)

Re: An Amaz-ing Resume

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Post by belorn » Thu, Jan 24, 2013, 11:45 AM UTC

retube wrote: post #4

GotAnyMegadeth wrote: post #3

"16% of reviews have 1 stars" ...

yeah right. what's that all about?

Honesty? One who can not admit mistakes are unlikely to become a good co-worker. I might have lowered the % to say 9 instead of 16, but the general idea is sound.

Re: An Amaz-ing Resume

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Post by ghc » Thu, Jan 24, 2013, 11:45 AM UTC

Hey, wait a minute! Where's the "Customers who viewed this also viewed" section? I want to know what my options are.

Re: An Amaz-ing Resume

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Post by phildub » Thu, Jan 24, 2013, 11:50 AM UTC

ghc wrote: post #16

Hey, wait a minute! Where's the "Customers who viewed this also viewed" section? I want to know what my options are.

under progress ;-)

Re: An Amaz-ing Resume

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Post by jqueryin » Thu, Jan 24, 2013, 11:52 AM UTC

joelrunyon wrote: post #8

GotAnyMegadeth wrote: post #3

"16% of reviews have 1 stars" ...

If you click the "1 star" link, it jumps back to the top of the page (the photo of the guy). I'm not sure if it's supposed to be insinuating that he's "one star" available, but I thought it was mildly clever.

I believe it's just the fact he has no e.preventDefault() or onclick="return false;" for the old school guys on the link action. In thish case, the browser is simply looking for a named anchor that doesn't exist, so it jumps to top.

Re: An Amaz-ing Resume

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Post by zacharyvoase » Thu, Jan 24, 2013, 11:56 AM UTC

One concern is this, in the footer:

> This website was made in Jan 2013 by Philippe Dubost for the sole purpose of a playful and creative job search. No copyright infrigement intended.

"No copyright infringement intended" is not a thing. Also, right below that it then says:

Seems a bit strange to me.

Re: An Amaz-ing Resume

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Post by ghc » Thu, Jan 24, 2013, 11:59 AM UTC

phildub wrote: post #17

ghc wrote: post #16

Hey, wait a minute! Where's the "Customers who viewed this also viewed" section? I want to know what my options are.

under progress ;-)

I'd suggest making them links to LinkedIn profiles of your friends. You know, the ones whose resumés make you look good by comparison ;). Even if you don't get hired, maybe you'll do one of them a favor.