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Re: Resume.io - Crazy-simple online resumes with impression tracking.

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Post by jacobbijani »

brc wrote: post #27

I think any move towards online resumes is great. It makes no sense that all recuitment is online yet all documents are off-line. I don't keep a resume anymore, but on occasion someone asks me for one. I normally tell them I don't have one and point to my site, linkedin page, etc. A couple of times recently I've been told that 'online resumes are not accepted'. Presumably because they can be changed after the fact. I…

Locking is pretty interesting! Almost like having Resume.io notarize that copy of it.

Planning on adding .pdf and .txt export support soon for sure.

Thanks!

Re: Resume.io - Crazy-simple online resumes with impression tracking.

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Post by alain94040 »

socratic wrote: post #21

Who is the target market for this, exactly? I guess it seems like "make a business version of X" is always sensible, so maybe this is like the business version of http://about.me/ ? Personally, the resume process whenever I have applied anywhere has been: (1) make a beautiful resume in LaTeX, (2) export beautiful LaTeX resume to PDF, (3) get asked for an MS Word Doc or plain text so they can put it in their recruitme…

I agree that your job search has to be active. Check out http://workastic.com. I wrote it so that people know exactly what to do when they are looking for a job (the secret: activate your network and get referrals to the companies you want to work at).

It has the same idea of tracking who sees your resume, and more importantly, who does what with it.

Re: Resume.io - Crazy-simple online resumes with impression tracking.

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Post by prophetjohn »

brc wrote: post #27

I think any move towards online resumes is great. It makes no sense that all recuitment is online yet all documents are off-line. I don't keep a resume anymore, but on occasion someone asks me for one. I normally tell them I don't have one and point to my site, linkedin page, etc. A couple of times recently I've been told that 'online resumes are not accepted'. Presumably because they can be changed after the fact. I…

Or instead of locking it, you could just have a "Last modified" time stamp or a log indicating when modifications were made.

Re: Resume.io - Crazy-simple online resumes with impression tracking.

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Post by koevet »

Tried it out, excellent execution. The Linkedin import is a killer.

But, what's the use case for a product like this? I mean, I had my CV on Linkedin for ages. Same goes for most of the professionals I know.

How does a product like this one - and the others mentioned in the comments - position itself in a space dominated by Linkedin and personal web sites (such as flavors.me)?

Re: Resume.io - Crazy-simple online resumes with impression tracking.

#35

Post by mtrn »

Nice, albeit a bit too simple.

Another question (not just for you, but all online resume sites): How do you do identity management? I mean if I really wanted it, I could fake someones name, address, phone, (even photo, if that option would be available) etc easily, insert some false facts about education and work history and then let people start to google for it. I mean, you could always file a removal request, if you might stumble upon such a (your) faked profile, but you would have to ensure somehow, that the requester is the right person this time.

Or am I missing some mechanism to prevent this sort of identity thefts?

Re: Resume.io - Crazy-simple online resumes with impression tracking.

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Post by Igor_Bratnikov »

Cool idea though I wonder if you apply to a job at say a large Co or firm, most likely the resume will be looked at printed/copied into word/outlook and mailed around - smart tracking system thwarted though this is more for targeted resume applications.

Other issues is that many sites/firms etc require word or pdf resumes and are skeptical (at least for most non techie positions) of anything that is neither.

Re: Resume.io - Crazy-simple online resumes with impression tracking.

#37

Post by Tichy »

Nice, although I must admit that it just gave me the idea to put my resume on Google Docs and track it with Google Analytics: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/07/google-docs-stats.h...

Often employers want Word Documents anyway, which I suppose they could export from Google Docs.

Not sure if it is possible to share documents with non-GMail email addresses on GDocs, which would be a must.

Re: Resume.io - Crazy-simple online resumes with impression tracking.

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Post by qxb »

Tichy wrote: post #37

Nice, although I must admit that it just gave me the idea to put my resume on Google Docs and track it with Google Analytics: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/07/google-docs-stats.h... Often employers want Word Documents anyway, which I suppose they could export from Google Docs. Not sure if it is possible to share documents with non-GMail email addresses on GDocs, which would be a must.

> Not sure if it is possible to share documents with non-GMail email addresses on GDocs, which would be a must.

This is possible. You can set a document to be visible to anyone with the link, so sign-in isn't requred. More info here:

https://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answ...

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