I just use LinkedIn's export to PDF function.
Ask HN: How do you design your CV's?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you design your CV's?
#12Try Nemcv.com. There is only one design (candidates often hate this), because it is designed for the way that companies like to see candidates. It allows you to focus on the content, not the style of your CV
Do you really submit your cv with a photo? Never happens in UK - and you're actually told not to.
I use QR code (linking to my website) instead of photo. This combines advantages of a photo (grabbing attention) yet doesn't have its disadvantages.
Re: Ask HN: How do you design your CV's?
#13Try Nemcv.com. There is only one design (candidates often hate this), because it is designed for the way that companies like to see candidates. It allows you to focus on the content, not the style of your CV
Do you really submit your cv with a photo? Never happens in UK - and you're actually told not to.
Interesting, here in Uruguay it's the opposite, for many positions you won't even be considered without a photo.
I understand where the UK's rule comes from, it should be better to let qualifications stand on their own.
Re: Ask HN: How do you design your CV's?
#14I really recommend keeping your CV simple, but informative. Most people will scan it and check for the correct skills and experience, years at each job, salary information and reasons for leaving. Too much info on your CV can likely lead to it being overlooked. It's your first impression on with a prospective employer - it's really worth getting right.
Good luck!
Re: Ask HN: How do you design your CV's?
#15Don't redesign it.
Rewrite it.
For resumes, words > visuals. *
* Unless you're a designer. Even then keep it simple.
Re: Ask HN: How do you design your CV's?
#16Try Nemcv.com. There is only one design (candidates often hate this), because it is designed for the way that companies like to see candidates. It allows you to focus on the content, not the style of your CV
Do you really submit your cv with a photo? Never happens in UK - and you're actually told not to.
Who tells you not to submit a photo? The hiring manager?
Re: Ask HN: How do you design your CV's?
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you really submit your cv with a photo? Never happens in UK - and you're actually told not to.
Who tells you not to submit a photo? The hiring manager?
It's just not normal to include a photo.
Photos as part of hiring carry risks for the company. Companies must not use some information (age, sex, disabilities, etc) in their hiring decisions and photos can divulge some of that information.
Re: Ask HN: How do you design your CV's?
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Who tells you not to submit a photo? The hiring manager?
It's just not normal to include a photo. Photos as part of hiring carry risks for the company. Companies must not use some information (age, sex, disabilities, etc) in their hiring decisions and photos can divulge some of that information.
Photos can strongly suggest things like race and gender, but those and other prohibited axes for discrimination by most employers can also be strongly suggested b names, names of schools, names of particular awards/achievements, and names of past employers and jobs (particularly, e.g., when those employers are the kind that are permitted certain forms of discrimination that is generally prohibited.) Further, photos don't provide indication of anything that the prospective employer wouldn't get from an in person interview, which is a common step in the hiring process.