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

Fantastic idea and looks like it might be nice implementation, just not enough detail on the product for me to sign up and have a play.<p>No ToS, no privacy statement, nothing. Who are you?<p>Also:<p>1. Can I mark my account as hidden until I want people to see it?<p>2. What will you do with my data? Note, with LinkedIn it's pretty clear what they're going to do from the get-go just because of the nature of the service, with this there's nothing. Are you going to sell my details to recruiters? If so can I opt out? Do I have to pay rent if I do? Note some people won't care (perhaps a lot), this community is a bit of an outlier when it comes to privacy concerns.<p>3. What domain will I have, can I use my own?<p>4. Can I change the default style (as the example isn't really to my tastes)<p>Edit: One last thing, a full size example would be good too. You must have your own?

I think any move towards online resumes is great. It makes no sense that all recuitment is online yet all documents are off-line.<p>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.<p>A couple of times recently I've been told that 'online resumes are not accepted'. Presumably because they can be changed after the fact. Ie - insert fake job, submit resume, remove fake job. Or something.<p>Of course, I just use the linkedin export to PDF option and send it to the lazy person <i>shakes fist</i><p>But you might want to either (a) have a pdf export for people and/or (b) have a 'guarantee locked version' or something so that people know the version they are looking at hasn't changed since they first saw it.<p>Yes, I know, it's weird to want to refuse updates to a resume, but apparently people want that. It's more about ass-covering by documentation, but I guess that's what many people are about.

Not bad, a nice simple hosted resume solution. I'm not a designer but it seems to me that the visual distinction achieved by the indentation on the left side of resume items could be improved a bit. It all seems kind of mashed together and somehow hard on the eyes.<p>As mentioned in another comment, <a href="http://re.vu" rel="nofollow">http://re.vu</a> is a totally different approach that attempts to enable slick display of a ton of information.<p>I still prefer what I currently use: Markdown + pandoc + github + bit.ly. That gives me the following:<p>1. Version control, backup and hosting from Github.<p>2. Plain text for posting in the occasional web form or whenever else I might need a plain text resume.<p>3. One-command conversion to PDF using pandoc with a very simple LaTeX header (which I could automate with git hooks if I was lazy enough).<p>4. One-command conversion to HTML using pandoc, with a CSS file. I can jazz up the CSS and then print to PDF from my browser if I ever want something prettier.<p>5. Readable URLs using bit.ly that point to the latest version, for which I can easily view analytics by appending +, including country and referrer: <a href="http://bit.ly/mwhiteresume" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/mwhiteresume</a> and <a href="http://bit.ly/mwhiteresumepdf" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/mwhiteresumepdf</a><p>6. The awesomeness that is Github's Markdown style.<p><a href="http://github.com/mwhite/resume" rel="nofollow">http://github.com/mwhite/resume</a>

My resumes are typically tweaked to be job specific. Do I get to create just one generic apply-to-all copy?<p>How about tracking metrics other than just views? Following <a href="http://paulbutler.org/archives/experiment-in-testing-my-resume/" rel="nofollow">http://paulbutler.org/archives/experiment-in-testing-my-resu...</a> there are: how far into resume one scrolls, clickthroughs on embedded links, inclusion/exclusion of sections (e.g. grades for recent grads).

Who is the target market for this, exactly?<p>I guess it seems like "make a business version of X" is always sensible, so maybe this is like the business version of <a href="http://about.me/" rel="nofollow">http://about.me/</a> ?<p>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 recruitment system.<p>Does passively posting a resume work for people? Does it lead to actual good recruiter interactions, rather than noise? Or is this for freelancers?

Yeah it's simple. But if you want simple and better, <a href="http://re.vu/" rel="nofollow">http://re.vu/</a> is far superior.

Tried it out, excellent execution. The Linkedin import is a killer.<p>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.<p>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)?

I have mixed emotions about this post. It's both really frustrating &#38; reassuring for me at the same time. I've been working (with a partner) on a very similar concept for the past couple of months.<p>Though I'd say that the features of ours are far more developed (we're implementing most of the ones I've seen suggested in this post); you're first to market. I guess the list of MVP features we've been working towards was just a little too long. Lesson learnt.<p>Sigh! I'll just have to get that signup page finished a little bit quicker.

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: <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/07/google-docs-stats.html" rel="nofollow">http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/07/google-docs-stats.h...</a><p>Often employers want Word Documents anyway, which I suppose they could export from Google Docs.<p>Not sure if it is possible to share documents with non-GMail email addresses on GDocs, which would be a must.

indeed.com supports resume posting.<p>It can take a resume upload or a linkedin profile and give you your own personalized resume URL like:<p><a href="http://www.indeed.com/me/TreyHenninger" rel="nofollow">http://www.indeed.com/me/TreyHenninger</a><p>The resume search is awesome for employers too. <a href="http://www.indeed.com/resumes" rel="nofollow">http://www.indeed.com/resumes</a><p>Disclaimer: I work at indeed, but not on the resume product.

<a href="http://jobspice.com/" rel="nofollow">http://jobspice.com/</a> is another one that gives more control over visual presentation.

Resume.io looks very simple but too simple for me. I have been fiddling around with re.vu and am very impressed. I like the ease of creating interesting infographics and attaching my work. re.vu easily creates something that gives an employer an instant insight into who I am instead of just a name on a page of text.

I was hoping it would act as a linkedin importer with impression tracking. The thing I like about linkedin is that I keep that information updated anyway and if anyone needs to pull a resume they can do so from my profile. This, while nice, is more work - which makes it not all that useful.

Yes, quite good. It misses a few of the principles of a good resume though...<p>- Switch to a better font<p>- definitely lose the italics<p>- I'd drop the breadcrumb at the top of the resume view page, that could easily confuse someone reading it<p>- Certainly avoid usernames appearing on the public stuff<p>Good stuff :)

Nice, albeit a bit too simple.<p>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.<p>Or am I missing some mechanism to prevent this sort of identity thefts?

Hey everyone. I'm pretty new to Hacker News, but I had a friend refer me to this chat. I'd like to throw my own site into this conversation for feedback. I've recently launched resume site called Kareer.me. Its sort of in between resume.io and re.vu in terms of features. The main difference is that our site is more focused on the process of the job search, allowing job seekers to make individual resumes for each job application. Resumes are traceable and private.<p>Love to get any of your feedback! Check it at <a href="http://www.Kareer.me" rel="nofollow">http://www.Kareer.me</a>

I created an online resume using re.vu and found it to be very easy. The thing I like the most is the fact that it can be updated and shared quickly. There are some limitations, but that is mostly on the analytics side (an email from the CEO informed me that deeper analytics are coming soon.<p>I think the move to infographics helps tell a more complete story. It took me about an hour to complete my re.vu profile. I've shared it with some colleagues and all would use this to learn more about a candidate. I think the devil is in the details.<p>Travis re.vu/TravisSheridan

Looks good. I signed up to play around with it. One thing that confused me at first was the resume link appends a random string of letters after your account. So my resume is at <a href="http://resume.io/gabe/staujevooc" rel="nofollow">http://resume.io/gabe/staujevooc</a>.<p>I thought "Staujevooc" was a last name and my account got confused with someone else's.<p>Can the randomly generated string be numbers instead? I don't want to send out that link to someone and have them ask, "Who is Gabe Staujevooc?"

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.<p>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.

Clean and simple, just how I like it. Nice work on the LinkedIn importer.<p>Edit: Forgot to add, some more explicit privacy options would be cool. Also the "card" on the homepage (<a href="http://resume.io/{username}" rel="nofollow">http://resume.io/{username}</a>) seems to not be working correctly(?)

Nice to see another resume app out in the wild. Mine is <a href="http://www.cvstash.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.cvstash.com</a>. I think yours have a more minimalism feel.

<a href="http://zerp.ly" rel="nofollow">http://zerp.ly</a> is similar too. I like the clean style of resume.io though, I wish zerp.ly provided something as simple.

A guy I know built this <a href="http://my.ceevee.com/" rel="nofollow">http://my.ceevee.com/</a> . It might be interesting for you to compare and contrast.

Other similar websites:<p><a href="http://re.vu/" rel="nofollow">http://re.vu/</a><p><a href="http://www.vizualize.me/" rel="nofollow">http://www.vizualize.me/</a>

as someone who hates linkedin and the type of behavior it promotes, i think this is great.<p>awesome work jacob. ^_^

Simple and effective. This is awesome!<p>Was wondering if it is possible to change the URL of the resume page?

Would it be possible to have a "Projects" field similar to Experience, Education, etc.?

Love your work Jacob. Looks great, easy as hell to use and well executed. Respect. :-)

Where is the import from Linkedin option?

viewed impressions is not the most important number..<p>if you look at the typical hr or recruiter workflow its when they copy/paste the resume into an email impressions that matters..<p>that is why with my boilerplate framework I use tynt services to track that..<p>boilerplate framework should be up over this weekend at my github account..