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Re: Interactive Resume

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Post by danso »

Now that the site's assets been knocked out, the author should think of making the site more readable to text readers/search engines...here's what the unstyled site looks like

LOADING MASTER EXPERT PROFICIENT FAMILIAR BEGINNER DESIGN ILLUSTRATION CODE ANIMATION Multidisciplinary Designer LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 N B A F A N Sports Fan Live and Work in New York City Scroll down mouse or press keyboard's down-arrow to move forward Swipe from right to left to move forward Interactive Resume of BEGINNER FAMILIAR

Re: Interactive Resume

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Post by eamsen »

code_scrapping wrote: post #19

It's fun but terribly difficult to read and understand. I hope he provides the "traditional" version as well for the people who just want the information and not the whole shabang.

It's lovely and refreshing, but I agree. You can't run the course in 7 seconds, so there is no way to quickly get a picture about you and whether you fit into the position the recruiter tries to fill. I would just add an overview at the beginning of the course, or a link to your LinkedIn (or similar) profile.

Re: Interactive Resume

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Post by Inc82 »

Wow, I really can't believe the negativity there. This is creative and amazing. The guy seems like a winner. The comments on here are dreadful. The point here was to make a statement and get eyeballs. This site already has accomplished that.

Re: Interactive Resume

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Post by wil421 »

rkangel wrote: post #25
wil421 wrote: post #21

Why does it matter if you're an NBA fan.

Putting a bit about personal interests into a CV is pretty standard - you want to display that you have some personality. The placement is a bit off though - it's in an early important placement, and arbitrarily dividing up sets of skills. His personality is also well shown by the style of the resume itself! Also, is it just me that is irritated by the vertical style of the "skills" graphs at the start and then the h…

I thought the same thing about the graphs!! I was confused what I was supposed to be looking at when I saw the second graph.

Re: Interactive Resume

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Post by wodow »

alan_cx wrote: post #39

There seems to be some confusion between a resume and a portfolio. While this is clever, unfortunately what it does is make the job of getting the candidate's details harder. Say I have a pile of resumes and what not on my desk, and this. I want to compare them. Easy with the pile of 2 page resumes and attached portfolios, but with this I have to muck on a computer, trying to make out various bits and bobs, then even…

Would a single, promiment link at the start to a vanilla CV/resume have negated this? Then you would have the best of both worlds.

Re: Interactive Resume

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Post by mh_yam »

lmm wrote: post #37
andrewingram wrote: post #34

Cute, and very impressive. But I cringe whenever I see a resumé where someone rates each of their skills on a scale. We're all familiar with the idea that true masters are generally the first to admit that they have a lot more to learn.

I'm told that Google asks employees to rate their technology skills on a scale of 1-10. Guido van Rossum puts his Python skills at a 7.

Haha, that is great. My Python would be at like 2 then. lol

Re: Interactive Resume

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Post by glanotte »

alan_cx wrote: post #39

There seems to be some confusion between a resume and a portfolio. While this is clever, unfortunately what it does is make the job of getting the candidate's details harder. Say I have a pile of resumes and what not on my desk, and this. I want to compare them. Easy with the pile of 2 page resumes and attached portfolios, but with this I have to muck on a computer, trying to make out various bits and bobs, then even…

In that case, I think it works for both parties. He ruled you out as a potential employer. The person who admires it would probably see the candidate as a good fit.
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