I tried it out - very nice work! I really like the design of the landing page. A few comments...<p>LinkedIn doesn't seem like a great reason to "Go Pro" since I've likely already copied all of my info from LinkedIn just to try it out in the first place. However, the other features, such as analytics and additional templates <i>are</i> awesome additions that I might want after I try it. If I were you, I would seriously consider baking in LinkedIn support to lower the friction for new users and then upsell them with the other features.<p>You should allow creation of the resume in smaller chunks and save as you go. I get very nervous when I have to type more than a few sentences in an unsaved document.<p>I don't really need a big description box for every skill I want to list. Actually, I'd rather just list them all (LinkedIn does this).<p>My profile page says "Howdy Trevor.rundell", which I assume it pulled off my email address. You should just pull my first and last name off of my resume instead.<p>You should definitely allow users to create their own short URL (/r/trun is a lot better than /r/bejeya). Maybe this is a Pro feature.
You could also add (at the pro tier) the functionality to generate custom URLs for a resume that contain a tracking string, and then send email alerts or something like that when that version of the resume is viewed. Simple analytics of "your 'HN posted' resume was read at this time from this IP" would be a huge value-add to justify the pro cost.<p>(To be clear, I meant to do this without having to create a bunch of different copies of the resume, though it's not really that huge of a difference, I suppose. The email notifications would be a nice touch, though.)
I read the T&C page but didn't see any words that promised that my resume remains private and protected, under my control to share and display. Did I miss something? Actually it looks like from the T&C page that any resume entered becomes your property to do pretty much anything with. This doesn't encourage me to use your site, I'm afraid.
Here's what I like:
1. Simple to use.
2. Easy on the eyes.
3. Actually useful app & it solves real problem.
4. Like go-pro page copy and how you place it under my resumes so it's always visible.<p>Do-better's IMO:
1. No way to contact you.
2. I'd make the "go-pro" button the same as "your resumes" & "sign out" but different bgcolor to stand out.
3. Filling just personal details & saving gives 500 error when viewing resume.
4. $9.99 is one-time or recurring?
5. No way to share my resume (no social/web2.0 buttons)<p>Keep pushing, don't give up!<p>EDIT: Just saw social buttons on the left... Wide monitor & it was out of my sight...
Sentence on your Go PRO! page:<p>"Check out the PRO version, we are sure that you'll love it."<p>The fact that you don't contract "we are" and then later in the clause contract you will to "you'll" sounds weird.<p>Also, you may just want to rewrite that whole bit. It comes out like a ShamWoW ad or something..
I had to scroll to the bottom of the page to find the small link to preview the templates. Before I sign up for something, I would want a better idea of what it was I was signing up for.<p>You may want to make the Preview Templates link a little more prominent.
This is quite interesting... but can I suggest you try to sell <i>why</i> you'd want to go Pro? There's a button that says "Go Pro", but there's nothing that explains what extra features I'd get with an upgrade.
Buddhist monks and the pursuit of a career are to me a weird match, but an inversion of values is not an uncommon marketing approach. As for the design: it's not consistent enough just yet, do you know what you want? Right now you're mixing smooth and pixelated in a weird way. The font for "Get started with your resume" clashes with the enormous Open Sans.
Nice App.
But adding a Buddhist monk is very bad. You can't do that. It's shame.
You may not be an Buddhist. But for us this is like jesus as my mascot.
This is shameless marketing you are trying to do with insulting a religion.<p>I don't like to discuss here something like this. But this is bad.
Great idea and execution! The Go Pro option to autofill LinkedIn seems very odd. When a user is completing a crucial first step, such as filling out the necessary resume info, you should make that process as simple as possible, such as using LinkedIn info, even if it means free. I came to the predicament early on and decided between going pro and not completing the fields at all. I think you're going to lose a lot of people at this point. Instead going pro should be for versions (word/pdf) and analytics after the fact, when the user already has a great impression of the service and has already received the minimum level of satisfaction to continue using it.<p>Here's my online resume/portfolio: <a href="http://www.ideaember.com/resume" rel="nofollow">http://www.ideaember.com/resume</a> & <a href="http://www.ideaember.com/portfolio" rel="nofollow">http://www.ideaember.com/portfolio</a> I use piwik (<a href="http://piwik.org/" rel="nofollow">http://piwik.org/</a>) for analytics on it.<p>Feel free to check out what worked for me and contact me if you'd like to have a conversation about the subject. Perhaps a portfolio builder could be your next project. I've spent a ton of time going over the subject and my current implementation is just one of many iterations.
You did a good job with the landing page. Mind sharing how you got it done? Ie. how did you go about finding a designer, have you written design briefs before, etc.
I think the Pro and free version should be reversed. Curious people who want to try it out and get their resume up and running and seconds could just import from linkedIn. Pro users who want to fuss over the details should pay the $10.<p>How it is now doesn't make much sense. I'm not going to pay the $10 until I see it in action. And if I input all the info myself, then by that point I won't need to import from linkedIn.
Super cool! A few thoughts, in addition to everyone else's:<p>1. When I try to preview the HTML, I get a 500 error! ("We're sorry, but something went wrong")<p>2. Possibly do a better job telling us which fields are required. For example, I had to click the "save" button before finding out that my address was a required field.<p>3. The URLs are generally pretty and intuitive - thanks for that. <a href="http://www.resumonk.com/users/9999-username/" rel="nofollow">http://www.resumonk.com/users/9999-username/</a> shows me a list of my resumes. Nitpick: <a href="http://www.resumonk.com/users/9999-username/resumes" rel="nofollow">http://www.resumonk.com/users/9999-username/resumes</a> gives me a 404, maybe make that a listing page, or something? <a href="http://www.resumonk.com/users/9999-username/resumes/123.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.resumonk.com/users/9999-username/resumes/123.html</a> is fine, though "123.html" is not a "pretty" url. Room for improvement there?<p>At any rate, this is really very well designed. Cool!
Great job! I recently created a similar service:<p><a href="http://cvlift.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://cvlift.co.uk</a><p>Your application is much better though. I used prawn as opposed to wicked_pdf to generate the PDFs. Did you do any handling of content spilling over onto multiple pages?
Great job. Direct to the point, easy to use, allows me to download as PDF...<p>I had an idea for a site exactly like this except I couldn't have executed it as well and I gave up after I saw these: <a href="http://startupstats.com/resume-builder-startups-2012-03/" rel="nofollow">http://startupstats.com/resume-builder-startups-2012-03/</a><p>I regret that decision now that I've tried yours.
This looks really interesting and something I have been wanting to find for a while. However, I broke it - if you don't fill in education or employment details generating the resume gives a 500 error.<p>Stuff like that makes me a bit nervous in giving my details to your site, what other errors and issues are there that might leak them to a 3rd party?
Great web app, very simple and intuitive. A piece of advice: you should allow hyperlinks. I'd use them to link to my GitHub profile and the websites of my previous works.
Also the possibility to manually change the ordering of both the skills and the previous experiences would not be bad.
Your slider slides too quickly, it doesn't give readers time to actually look at the images.<p>Also, there should be a way to preview your service without having to sign up. You're going to lose users by forcing a sign up without being able to see the product.
This is awesome. Just quick suggestion. In your deck that shows sample resumes, the user's title is "Webdesigner [sic]". It should be 2 words.<p>It's a minor point, but the spelling error detracts a bit from the professionalism of the site.
I like it; I've had a need for something similar recently (though I settled on SO Careers). Slight layout error on the homepage in Firefox 12 (OS X): <a href="http://i.imgur.com/ZlTi3.png" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/ZlTi3.png</a>
I think this is great idea. Some things I'd want to see there: Gallery of templates before signing up and possibility to manually edit the templates. Seeing a list of features might also help getting people to sign up.
You might be interested in your competition:<p><a href="http://www.jobspice.com/home" rel="nofollow">http://www.jobspice.com/home</a><p>They started out with a pro service and then changed models to a template store.
There doesn't appear to be a way to add any formatting, even end-lines, in the description of a position. When you've worked somewhere for 5 years, a wall of text isn't the best way to present that experience.
nice work, like the simplicity. I agree with some of the users that the messaging can be massaged further but overall like where you're going. I've sent a link to your to a few folks including my little sister. Good luck!
<a href="http://i50.tinypic.com/2q863dl.png" rel="nofollow">http://i50.tinypic.com/2q863dl.png</a><p>I like the website, but you're not getting much information above the fold on ye olde MacBook.